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Access to Apple's online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes have been downloading and possibly listening to a pro-Tibetan music album

The Chinese government has reportedly detained 35 Pakistanis visiting China to watch Olympics after they were suspected of planning to attack proceedings of the Games

As police with riot clubs patrolled nearby, a merchant whispered that he feared a sweeping crackdown in China's northwestern Muslim region once the Olympic spotlight fades

Indian Olympic Association member and social activist Nafisa Ali cheers a Tibetan girl taking part in a Tibetan Youth Congress-led cycle rally from Jantar Mantar to Rajghat, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, August 20, 2008. The former national swimming champion, Miss India (1976) and Bollywood actress was also present earlier in April to support a symbolic Tibetan freedom torch relay when it was carried through the Indian capital. (Photo by Tenzin Dasel / Phayul.com)

Brian Conley, creator of the well-known videoblog Alive in Baghdad, and four other activists have been detained by Chinese police since early Tuesday morning, apparently for their active role as an

Two elderly Chinese women who applied to demonstrate at official Olympic protest zones have been ordered to serve one year each of reeducation through labour, a close relative said

Five pro-Tibet activists unfurled a banner spelling out "Free Tibet" in English and Chinese in bright blue LED "throwie" lights in Beijing's Olympic Park tonight. The five were detained by

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (C) stands at a window near a Tibet flag with Jean-Marc Ayrault, French National Assembly Socialist group president and Nantes Mayor, in Nantes, western France on August 18, 2008. The Dalai Lama is in France from August 11 to 23. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe (FRANCE)

Today at 3pm, bus loads of Tibetans once again drew up beside the King's Palace, and began to head for the Chinese Consulate on Hattisar Road. However, as usual, the police had some prior

An American artist who planned to use laser beams to flash "free Tibet" on buildings in downtown Beijing was detained Tuesday, according to a colleague and a pro-Tibet group