Tanks darken the grey atmosphere

A FLEET of armored personnel carriers with camouflaged 40-millimeter guns quickly surrounded the Olympic venues amid stepped-up security yesterday morning - and suddenly the tone of the Beijing Games took a nasty turn.


The president of the Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates, said he was unsure why the tanks had been placed outside the media center and noted the less-than-euphoric mood.

The vice-president of the Beijing organizing committee, Wang Wei, said yesterday he did not know why the tanks had been put in place...

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