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It is the final day of our government-led tour of Tibet's capital Lhasa. I'm in a group of about 40 foreign journalists invited into Tibet on a trip to cover the Olympic torch relay. We're the first foreign reporters China has allowed into the capital,... ...full story at James Reynolds

from James Reynolds on Mon, Jun 23 2008

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