Olympic torch paraded in Tibet

The Olympic torch is paraded in the sealed-off Tibetan capital Lhasa under a hawk-eye vigil by troops in the city rocked by bloody anti-government protests three months ago.

The Olympic torch was paraded on Saturday in the sealed-off Tibetan capital Lhasa under a hawk-eye vigil by troops in the city rocked by bloody anti-government protests three months ago, with China declaring that the "red flag" will "forever flutter high" in Tibet.

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Police and paramilitary troops dotted the route as the flame wound its way through the streets for three-hour journey with handpicked groups of people cheering it by waving Chinese flags, a day after the government announced that it had sentenced 12 more people for the March riots.