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“(Reuters) – The Olympic torch landed amid tight security in the Thai capital of Friday, the latest leg of its world tour, with police saying they were ready to stop any attempt by anti-China activists to put out the flame.
Several groups angry at Beijing’s human rights record and its rule in Tibet are planning demonstrations in Bangkok, but will not face any opposition from police as long as they remain orderly, Thai Olympic chief General Yuthasak Sasiprapa said.
‘If they are peaceful, it’s OK,’ he told Reuters. ‘But we will not tolerate any violent or illegal protests. The torch and runners will be tightly escorted by police patrols and motorcycles all along the route.’
However, security concerns and anger at Beijing’s March crackdown on unrest in Tibet caused an iconic Buddhist temple in central Japan to pull out as the starting point of next week’s torch relay in that country.
Zenkoji temple, in Nagano, said it had received 1,000 letters from across Japan calling for its withdrawal from the April 26 parade after the crackdown in Buddhist Tibet, in which monasteries were raided and monks arrested.
‘We needed to think about security, being a temple with national treasures and many visitors,’ a temple official said.”
“PSP Still Ahead In Japanese Hardware Sales Market research firm Media Create has revealed data for weekly hardware sales in Japan for the week ending April 13th, following details of the software top thirty.
Despite the number one success of Mario Kart Wii in the software charts, it is the sustained popularity of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G which continues to drive hardware sales.
The PSP hit helped maintain the position of Sony’s portable as the best selling console in Japan, with 85,721 unit sold – down 35,000 on the previous week.
Despite the success of Mario Kart Wii, the Nintendo DS remained in second place, with sales down around 8,000 units at 47,158. Wii sales did increase slightly, though, up over 1,500 units to 46,296.
As previously predicted, the PlayStation 3 finally passed the 2 million mark for lifetime sales-to-date in Japan this week. Weekly sales, though, dropped by 3,000 units to 8,232.”
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