No details were given about what might have set off the violence, although Xinjiang sees periodic outbreaks of anti-government violence by members of the region's native Turkish Muslim Uighur ethnic group.
But some of her explanations as to why she felt "Syria gave off a toxic aura" have set off fresh criticism.
Given the fears set off by the agricultural disasters of the summer, the latest report on food prices from the United Nations has to be counted as good news.
The news that Suu Kyi was being given the Nobel Prize set off intense vilification of her by the government, and, since she was still being detained, her son, Alexander Aris, accepted the award in her place.
The documents he gave to WikiLeaks set off a scramble inside the government as officials sought to minimize any harm, including protecting foreigners identified in some documents as having helped American diplomats or the military.
Speeches were given, fireworks were set off, and the white race was lionized.
Therefore, a clear definition of genes should be given before we set off the journey of gene counting.
In Gereshk, investigators were trying to determine whether more than one bomb had been set off, given the number of people killed.
Shiite leaders say reconciliation is politically impossible, given the sectarian polarization set off by the recent violence here and the continuing civil war in Syria, which is increasingly aggravating the region's sectarian fault lines.
But when we were given real bullets and set off in a convoy on rails, I understood that it was no game,' the now retired father of five told The Observer in an interview at his house in the country outside Moscow.
