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Security tight as Olympics appoach

Monday 04 August 2008

With the 2008 Olympic Games fast approaching, security is tight in and around Beijing, with the 100,000-strong police force very much in evidence around the Chinese capital.

Monday 04 August 2008

By C. Bauer (video)

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