Shehezi stands in contrast to many of Xinjiang's other towns, which are squalid and mostly populated by local people, predominantly Uighurs.

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These established his reputation and helped to transform Boston from a colonial town built mostly in wood to a federal city predominantly of brick.

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Unlike mostly Muslim Lombok, Bali is a predominantly Hindu island.

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The report of rocket attacks come as sectarian violence erupted in northwestern Syria, where three consecutive days of killing by mostly Alawite forces have left hundreds of predominantly Sunni residents dead, opposition groups said Saturday.

CNN: Syrian TV: Israeli rockets target Damascus suburb

That breakdown isn't surprising to Chuck Failla, a financial planner with Sovereign Financial in New York, who points out that the wealthy crowd is made up mostly of successful professionals whose stock holdings come predominantly from their own company.

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Since its independence from France in 1960, Chad's history has been marked by instability and violence stemming mostly from tension between the mainly Arab-Muslim north and the predominantly Christian and animist south.

BBC: Chad: N'Djamena deaths as 'coup' foiled

The blasts, detonated mostly between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. local time, targeted predominantly Shiite zones and government forces, hitting food markets, residential neighborhoods and an early-morning gathering of day laborers, the official said.

WSJ: Wave of Deadly Attacks Hits Baghdad