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Published: Tuesday 15 June 2010

>> An ad supporting PeruÔÇÖs last uncontacted tribes is appearing in European and American publications in a bid to stop PeruÔÇÖs government from allowing an oil pipeline to be built through Indian territory. The ad has been created by the tribal rights group Survival International.

>> China has restored access to the Internet in its far western region of Xinjiang, ending 10 months of blocked or limited access. The restrictions were imposed in July 2009 after violence between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese claimed nearly 200 people.

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