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Olympic relay in Beijing climax
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Cheering, flag-waving crowds in the Chinese capital, Beijing, have been watching the Olympic torch on the final leg of its global relay.
Over three days more than 800 torch bearers will carry the flame to city landmarks ahead of Friday's Games.
One of China's best-known sportsmen, basketball star Yao Ming, carried the torch through Tiananmen Square.
Earlier, four activists from the UK and the US were arrested after unfurling banners close to the Olympic stadium.
The torch has travelled 140,000km (87,000 miles) through six continents since it left Greece on 24 March.
Overseas, the relay was marked by protests over China's human rights record and its policies in Tibet.
On Tuesday, the flame passed through Sichuan province, which was devastated by an earthquake in May.
A minute's silence was held in Guang'an city, honouring almost 70,000 people who were killed in the quake.
The torch had been scheduled to visit Sichuan in mid-June, but the area's relay leg was postponed because of the quake, which left around five million people homeless
