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 Olympic torch relay begins in Kuala Lumpur ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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