140 Killed in China Rioting

(6 July 09 - RV) At least 140 people have been killed in rioting in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, with the government blaming exiled separatists for the Muslim area's worst case of unrest in years. Father Bernardo Cervellera is the editor of AsiaNews. He says that discrimination against the Uighurs in the region has been going on for decades…