BEIJING, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Two US and two British nationals who unfurled a giant 'free Tibet' banner near an Olympic venue in Beijing on Wednesday have been ordered to leave China, the state Xinhua news agency said.

Two of the protesters, members of the Students for a Free Tibet group, will leave on Wednesday and the other two on Thursday, the report said, citing police.

LONDON, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Two campaigners from the group which staged a dramatic protest in Beijing Wednesday carried out a similar action hours later by scaling London's Tower Bridge.

DHARAMSHALA, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday offered his 'good wishes' for the Olympics, saying they were a moment of 'great pride' for the Chinese, and should promote peace.

BEIJING, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - US and British activists staged a dramatic protest in Beijing on Wednesday, scaling a pole and unfurling giant 'Free Tibet' banners close to the stadium where the Olympics will open in two days.

REBKONG, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Five months after violent protests swept though Tibetan areas of western China, a river of tension runs deep and locals remain too scared to talk to foreigners.

BEIJING, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Four foreign activists staged a dramatic protest in Beijing on Wednesday, scaling a huge pole and unfurling giant 'Free Tibet' banners close to the stadium where the Olympics will open in two days.

BEIJING, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - China's Olympic organisers expressed their strong condemnation on Wednesday over a protest by Free Tibet campaigners outside the main stadium for the Games.

'As far as we know, four foreigners gathered illegally and we express our strong opposition to that,' Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing Olympic organising committee, told reporters.

BEIJING, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Chinese police detained four foreigners near Beijing's Olympic Stadium on Wednesday after they unfurled giant 'Free Tibet' banners, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

BEIJING, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Chinese police detained four foreigners near Beijing's Olympic Stadium on Wednesday after they unfurled a giant 'Free Tibet' banner, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

MADRID, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - A Spanish court announced Tuesday it will hear a lawsuit from Tibetan rights organisations that accuses top Chinese leaders of genocide in connection with the unrest that erupted in the region in March.