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China intensifies security for Olympics
July 10, 2008
Security is the single most important factor in hosting a successful Olympics, China's Vice President Xi Jinping told a "mobilization" rally on Wednesday, 30 days before the Beijing Games open.
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China has long identified terrorism as the biggest threat to the Games and state media on Wednesday said police had shot dead five people who wanted to wage "holy war" in the troubled western region of Xinjiang, home to 8 million Muslim Uighurs.
Photographs: Getty Images | Text: Reuters
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