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Thursday, 28 August 2008
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China condemns Dalai Lama on torch relay
Chinese-appointed Tibetan leaders used the passing of the Olympic torch relay through the capital Lhasa on Saturday to defend Communist Party control of the remote Buddhist region and denounce the exiled Dalai Lama.
21 Jun 2008 |
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Security marks Silk Road torch relay
The Olympic torch was paraded on Wednesday through China's sensitive former Silk Road city of Kashgar, home to ethnic-minority Muslim Uighurs, under the scrutiny of soldiers and choreographed cheering crowds.
18 Jun 2008 |
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Johnson slams brakes on Olympic gravy train
London will have no Olympic gravy train pulling in to Beijing in August after mayor Boris Johnson announced a 1.2 million pounds cut to his city's hospitality budget during the Games in the Chinese capital.
13 Jun 2008 |
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Emotions high as Olympic flame scales Everest
The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, an emotional high for China and the crowning moment of a Beijing Games torch relay that was mired in anti-Chinese protests on its world tour.
08 May 2008 |
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More protests even as Olympic torch hits home soil
The Olympic flame will be paraded through Hong Kong on Friday to a largely welcoming public and isolated protests, its first leg on Chinese soil after becoming a beacon of controversy on a 20-nation world tour.
02 May 2008 |
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Beijing starts 100-day countdown
China began counting down 100 days to the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday with songs, a mass run and prayers, as the torch arrived back on Chinese soil after a tumultuous world tour.
30 Apr 2008 |
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N.Korea fetes torch with rally and military songs
The Olympic torch was paraded through the streets of Pyongyang to flag-waving masses on Monday with destitute North Korea promising its main benefactor China an "astonishing" show.
28 Apr 2008 |
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Torch arrives in Japan under security tight
Japan called for calm but braced for trouble with tight security on Friday, as low-key protests began ahead of its leg of the Olympic torch relay, following emotional scenes at other venues around the world.
25 Apr 2008 |
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