WRRAPUP 1-Xinjiang riot toll hits 156 as unrest spreads

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* 156 dead in Xinjiang regional capital

* Gathering dispersed in city of Kashgar

* Unrest suspected in at least two other locations

By Chris Buckley

URUMQI, China, July 7 (Reuters) - Chinese police dispersed 200 people gathering outside a mosque in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, the day after ethnic riots killed 156 in the capital of the Muslim Xinjiang region, state media said on Tuesday.

Calm had settled over Urumqi, capital of western Xinjiang region, after 20,000 police, troops and firefighters reclaimed the streets from rioters who burnt and smashed vehicles and shops, and clashed with security forces over Sunday night.

Over 700 people had been detained, the official Xinhua news agency reported, although local residents told Reuters police were making indiscriminate sweeps of Uighur areas.