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China foiled 8 terror attacks on Beijing Olympics

Chinese authorities foiled at least eight terror attacks before the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, according to a new book.The paper says that the book carries little information about which terrorist or terror outfit was responsible for the threats. But the terror attempts included an unidentified white powder sent to foreign embassies, a subway blast, dynamite at Beijing's international airport and a biochemical terror attack at the Games venues.