protests in urumqi against the central government in july 2009 turned into a major riot. about 200 people were killed. in april 2013, 21 people died in the clash between a uighur group and public security forces in southern xinjiang. two months later a group of uighurs armed with knives attacked public facilities and killed 35 people in the eastern part of the region. >>> a bomb attack at a station in urumqi in april this year killed 3 people and injured 79. the bombing took place just after president xi visited the region. local authorities say members of the east turkistan islamic movement carried out the attack. the move wants independence for the region. chinese authorities say the organization was also behind an incident that saw a car plow into pedestrians in beijing's tian men square last october. five people died. the chinese government is now keeping a closer eye on the uighur community. >>> authorities in taiwan are trying to understand why a university student went on a deadly stabbing spree on a subway train. this video was reportedly taken by a passenger. a m

. >>> security forces fanned out at a railway station in urumqi. the regional capital. they are investigating what's being called a terror attack. the state-run xinhua news agency says knife yielding mobs started slashing people at an exit. then they set off explosives. police haven't announced any arrests. president xi jinping has just spent four days in the region where ethnic uighurs make up the majority. he stressed the need for tougher policing to deal with growing separatist unrest. he responded to the attack by saying, the battle to combat violence and terrorism will not allow even a moment of slackness, and decisive actions must be taken to resolutely suppress the terrorists' rampant momentum. that momentum has been building for years. in 2009, a riot by uighurs against chinese authorities boiled over into a series of riots. about 200 people died. uighurs and police fought again a year ago. 21 people, most of them police officers, were killed. then two months later, an armed root attacked police stations and government facilities in tarpan area. 35 people died.

there was a bomb attack last wednesday and a railway station in urumqi the capital of the xinjiang regional autonomous region. three people died and seven others were wounded. >>> people in china have paid a heavy price for their booming economy. they've seen pollution in the air they breathe, the land they walk on, and the water they drink. but now grassroots activists are trying to change the picture. nhk world reports. >> reporter: this village lies in the river basen in hunan province. an area badly hit by industrial solution. the effect has been so bad that this community of 2,500 is now known as one of china's cancer villages. this photographer has led a campaign to clean up the river. >> translator: one person in this house died of cancer a couple of months ago. and someone from that house has already had three operations for cancer of the rectum. >> reporter: over a 20-year period from 1990, more than 100 people have died of cancer in this village alone. through his photographs, he has been trying to raise awareness of the pollution problem. he became an activist 20 years ago after

this happened in the chinese city of urumqi. two suvs crashed through barriers into crowds of people at a busy market. people actually threw bombs out of the windows of those trucks. china has blamed recent knife and bomb attacks in the area on separatist militantmilitants. >>> southern california woman who claimed she was held captive for ten years is now telling her story. she was abducted by her mother's boyfriend when she was just 15 years old. that boyfriend will appear in court today. >> "today in the bay" peggy bunker joins us now. peggy, the neighbors that lived around this couple had a very different story. >> yeah, that's what is complicating this story. the neighbors are telling two different sides of the story. this could be a case of stockhom syndrome where you see those held captive actually bond with their abductors. they know this because the couple there have very different perceptions. the woman who is now 25 was 15 years old when she was abducted by this man. he drugged and kidnapped her and she's endured phys

it happened in urumqi, a city in xinjiang where violence has surged in recent months. blame radicals in the muslim uighur minority. in beijing today, a foreign ministry spokesman vowed the government will put an end to the bloodshed. >> ( translated ): the chinese government has the confidence and the ability to combat the terrorists. these terrorists are swollen with arrogance. their schemes will not succeed. >> ifill: today's death toll was the worst in xinjiang since nearly 200 people died in riots in 2009. the senate today confirmed a judicial nominee who authored memos justifying drone strikes on american terror suspects overseas. david barron wrote them when he worked at the justice department in 2009 and 2010. this week, the department agreed to release a censored version of one document, to help ease his confirmation. barron will join the federal appeals court in boston. in the house, republicans and democrats united to pass a $600 billion defense bill. it spares some aging planes, plus ships and bases that the pentagon sought to retire or close. the bill also

happened in the city of urumqi. the deadliest attack in the province since 2009. china blamed recent knife and bomb attacks on separatist militants. so far no one has claimed responsibilities for today's attacks. >>> the southern california man accused of holding a teenage girl captive for a decade will be in court. peggy bunker here with this story. this girl apparently escape would the use of facebook. >> that is a wonderful thing. that's how she got out of this situation. this shocking case. now 41 years old accused of kidnapping his then girlfriend's teenage daughter and keeping her captive for ten years and forced her into marriage. garcia arrested on tuesday and being held on $1 million bail. accused of false imprisonment and a lewd act with a minor and kidnap for rape. the victim who has not been identified said she was drugged by him ten years ago after which she was kidnapped and held captive in a garage. the girl reported that she lost all hope after garcia told her that her family stopped looking for her and that she'd be deported to mexico if she left