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World › Olympic torch relay passes through Tanzania without trouble

The Olympic torch relay was held Sunday in Tanzania's Dar es Salaam amid tight security without reports of major protests against China's crackdown in Tibet.… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Apr 14 2008

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