As everybody knows, it was always a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’ stunt protesters would descend on the Beijing Olympics. Sure enough, today somebody climbed a 100-foot electrical pole near the Olympic Green to fly a “One World... ...full story at Peking Duck
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Tibetan Protesters at Beijing Olympics »
YouTube video BEIJING, China -- Days before the Olympic games began, GroundReport correspondent Noel "noneck" Hidalgo videotaped Tibetan protesters ascending poles outside the Olympic nest.
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