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Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) walks with his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon as they inspect an honour guard during an official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing July 11, 2008. Calderon is on a four-day trip to China.

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Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, right and Chinese President Hu Jintao are seen during a welcome ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 11, 2008.

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Chinese police officers with anti-riot gear go through a drill in front of the Olympic Games Village People's Local Court, which has been set up to handle Olympics related crimes in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Chinese Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) members, armed with automatic rifles, patrol inside the new Beijing Capital International Airport July 17, 2008. Special police armed with automatic rifles have started daily patrols at Beijing Capital International Airport to boost security for the coming 2008 Olympic Games in August. China has identified terrorism as the biggest threat to the Games.

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Chinese police officers practice arresting a mock protester during a drill in front of the Olympic Games Village People's Local Court, which has been set up to handle Olympics related crimes in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 17, 2008. Beijing authorities have stressed that foreigners visiting during the summer Olympic Games should strictly adhere to Chinese laws, which generally restricts any public protests.

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Chinese policemen check replica guns confiscated from recent campaigns before destroying them in Shanghai July 17, 2008.

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A Chinese policeman stands guards in front of police cars near the Olympic Green in Beijing on July 17, 2008. Popular bars and restaurants deemed too close to some of the Olympic venues, such as the Workers' Stadium in downtown Beijing, are having to close down for security reasons.

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A Chinese paramilitary policeman prepares cannons that will fire salutes during the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in front of the National Stadium, also know as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, July 16, 2008.

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An armed paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, ahead of an oath-taking rally to ensure the safety of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Olympic Green in Beijing, July 16, 2008.

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A Chinese paramilitary policeman takes part in an oath-taking rally to ensure the safety of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, at the Olympic Green in Beijing July 16, 2008.

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A Chinese paramilitary policeman salutes in front of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, ahead of an oath-taking ceremony to ensure the safety of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Olympic Green in Beijing, July 16, 2008

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Chinese tourists pose for photograph while a paramilitary policeman (2nd-L) stands guards near the National Stadium, better known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on July 15, 2008. China vowed to step up security for the Beijing Olympics, warning of an unprecedented threat to the Games amid reports that two "terrorists" were executed in the mainly Muslim far northwest as with up to 80 heads of state expected to attend the August 8 opening ceremony, China said it was faced with a "huge responsibility" to defend its own people, Olympic athletes and visiting dignitaries.

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In this photo released by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, a policeman checks a vehicle at Mizidian, a gateway to Beijing from neighboring Tianjin municipality and Hebei province, in Tongzhou district, Beijing, on Tuesday July 15, 2008. Beijing police on Tuesday launched a three-line defense for security check as a part of the preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games.

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BEIJING - JULY 14: Chinese policeman (C) checks passengers' bag as he inspects a vehicle at a checkpoint on July 14, 2008 in Beijing, China.

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Paramilitary policemen stand in front of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, at the Olympic Green in Beijing, July 18, 2008.

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Policemen hold sticks while preparing for an anti-terrorism drill in Kunming, Yunnan province, July 18, 2008. China will have nearly 100,000 commandos, police and members of the military on standby up to and during the Beijing Olympics to handle potential terrorist attacks, state media reported.

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Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers march during an official ceremony in front of the National Stadium, better known as the Birds Nest, in Beijing, China 23 July 2008. One thousand PLA officers were sworn in today as they will be part of the security personnel for the Beijing Olympics which will be comprised of 110,000 people according to Liu Shaowu, director of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG). Beijing has stepped up security on public buses after a double explosion in two buses in China's southwest Yunnan province, said a top official in charge of the Games' security.

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Armed police officers stand guard in downtown Beijing, China, Thursday, July 24, 2008. China will allow a modicum of dissent at the Olympics, setting up special protest zones far from the main sports venues, in a shift that supporters and detractors said is meant to safely channel criticism and avoid disrupting the games.

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Security personnel with their trained sniffing dogs rehearse their security drills outside the main Olympic Stadium, better known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on July 25, 2008. China refused July 25 to give details of the latest terrorist plot it said targetted the Olympics, continuing a pattern of secrecy that has fuelled doubts about its claims of a Games terror threat.

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A Chinese security guard gestures while asking not to take his photo as he stands guard in front of a backdrop of China's National Stadium, the main venue for the 2008 Olympic Games, in Beijing, Friday, July 25, 2008.

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Chinese police detain South China Morning Post newspaper photographer Felix Wong from Hong Kong, who was photographing people waiting to buy the final batch of Olympic tickets, on sale near the Olympic Stadium in Beijing on July 25, 2008. The final 250,000 Olympic tickets for events in Beijing including athletics, diving, and gymnastics went on sale at 9:00am (0100 GMT). Demand was so high that more than 10,000 people were in the line by July 24 at the main ticket selling centre near the Olympic Stadium and by early July 25 huge reinforcements of police were moved in to maintain order as numbers ballooned to between 40,000 and 50,000.

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Chinese paramilitary police officers stand next to trump cards thrown away by the crowds in Beijing, China, after they leave there to buy tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Friday, July 25, 2008. Thousands waited overnight for a chance to buy tickets from the last batch of Olympic tickets which went on sale Friday morning.

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Chinese police & paramilitary personnel attempt to control crowds as they wait to buy tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. Thousands waited overnight for a chance to buy tickets from the last batch of Olympic tickets which went on sale Friday morning.

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A Chinese man takes pictures near a camouflaged surface-to-air missile launcher station near the Olympic National Stadium, also known as Bird's Nest, in Beijing, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. A vast security apparatus has been charged with guarding Beijing during the Aug. 8-24 Olympics games, including thousands of soldiers, police officers and anti-terrorist squads. The government has also declared a "people's war" against those who could disrupt the games, enlisting the help of neighborhood watch groups to root out threats.

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A Chinese man wearing a U.S. Army(? Marines) shirt takes a photograph of a camouflaged surface-to-air missile launcher, that is part of China's efforts to bolster its Olympic security, located near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing July 25, 2008.

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Police officers take a man away after he was suspected to cut (in line) queue while waiting to buy tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics near the tickets sale office in Beijing, China, Friday, July 25, 2008. Eager fans swarmed and in some cases scuffled as they lined up at sales windows Friday to get the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympics.

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Police officers push back journalist away from an area where a large crowd was waiting to buy tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Friday, July 25, 2008, in Beijing, China, where thousands of people waited overnight for the chance to buy tickets to next month's Summer Games.

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A Chinese paramilitary police officer stands on duty near a portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong across from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Thursday, July 31, 2008. Tourists visiting Beijing's Tiananmen Square, site of the 1989 violent crackdown on student demonstrators, will have to pass through a security check, a government official said Wednesday.

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Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of a Beijing 2008 Olympic Games emblem at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on July 31, 2008. China has stepped up security at one of Beijing's most sensitive locations, Tiananmen Square, just days ahead of the Olympics.

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TIANJIN, CHINA - JULY 31: Police dogs patrol at Tianjin Railway Station on July 31, 2008 in Tianjin, China. China has started a tighter security program for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which run from August 8-24.

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Chinese riot police officers wait for instructions inside the National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube, in Beijing Wednesday, July 30, 2008. The venue will host swimming and diving events for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which open on Aug. 8.

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