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Turkish man sets self on fire in anti-China protest

ANKARA
Fri Aug 8, 2008 12:34pm EDT

ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish man set himself on fire during a protest by ethnic Uighurs in front of the Chinese embassy in Turkey on Friday against China's rule in the region of Xinjiang as Beijing opened the Olympics.

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The man was sent to an Ankara hospital after police put out the flames, state Anatolian news agency said.

Uighurs are a Turkic people who share linguistic and cultural bonds with central Asia.

Xinjiang is home to 8 million Muslim Uighurs, many of whom resent the growing presence and economic grip of Han Chinese.

Exiled Uighurs have campaigned for an independent country.

(Editing by Sami Aboudi)
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