The Beijing Olympic flame has arrived in Canberra for the Australian leg of the global torch relay which has been beset by protests.
Australian and Chinese officials as well as Aboriginal community leaders greeted the flame after a flight from Jakarta. Australian authorities expect thousands of Chinese supporters and pro-Tibet protesters to travel to Canberra for its journey around the Australian capital. More than half the city's police force will be EU push to widen US visa waiver ...
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Family ready for Ledger funeral ... patrolling the 16-kilometre route after at times chaotic relays in Europe and the United States.
(Deutsche Welle)
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