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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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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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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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Major pro-Beijing rally for Australia relay
In the biggest pro-Beijing rally of the protest-marred Olympic torch relay, more than 10,000 Chinese Australians rallied in Canberra on Thursday, bringing a sea of red Chinese flags and drowning out Tibetan demonstrators.
24 Apr 2008 |
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Torch relay in Indonesia on grim trip
Indonesian police dispersed about 100 anti-China protestors and detained a foreign activist on Tuesday as the Olympic torch makes another restricted relay in Jakarta, the latest stop on its fraught journey around the world.
22 Apr 2008 |
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Malaysia tightens security for torch relay
Malaysian police warned protesters they faced arrest on Monday if they tried to disrupt the Olympic torch procession in the capital, as authorities seek to avoid the kind of chaos that has dogged the relay elsewhere.
21 Apr 2008 |
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Thai police brace for anti-China torch protests
Hundreds of Thai police braced for another round of anti-China protests on Saturday as the Olympic torch was readied for its parade through Bangkok, the latest leg of its troubled tour from Greece to Beijing.
19 Apr 2008 |
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