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The official death toll rose to 35 after knife attacks on Chinese authorities in a far-western region which has seen frequent clashes between China's Muslim minority Uyghurs and the ethnic Han majority. Initial reports said that 27 people were killed on Wednesday in the Xinjang region, with state-run media saying that the assailants were wielding knives, launching an early-morning attack targeting police stations, a government building and a construction site, seen as symbols of Han authority and influx in the region.

Jonathan Good, a neighbor of George Zimmerman who says he may have had the best view of the tussle leading up to Trayvon Martin's murder, began his testimony at the neighborhood watchman's trial on Friday, saying that it appeared the unarmed teen was straddling Zimmerman during their confrontation

The Senate on Thursday passed an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that would clear the way for millions of undocumented residents to have a chance at citizenship, attract workers from all over the world and devote unprecedented resources for security along the U.S.-Mexico border.