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The recent anti-China protests in Tibet have raised concerns about the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But the political controversy over this summer's games pales in comparison to the 1936 games in Berlin, hosted by Adolf Hitler during the rise of Nazi Germany.

China has hoped that hosting the Olympic Games will signify its status as a much-admired society, as well as a world economic power. But any hope that organizing the games would make China more open have so far fallen short.

The crackdown in Tibet has attracted the attention of human-rights activists. On Monday, the Olympic flame begins an 85,000-mile journey on its way to Beijing, site of the 2008 Olympics. Protesters plan to dog torch bearers along the way.

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Tom Fudge On The Horton Hears A Who! Controversy: The Intersection Of Politics And Art

The vast, icy expanse of the South Pole has nurtured its own community. But what kind of people come for months at a time to live at the most difficult place on Earth?

An unseen short film created by an anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker is causing commotion in the Netherlands and parts of the Islamic world. Geert Wilders claims his film will unveil the Quran as a how-to guide for committing terrorist attacks and other violence.

Teen Critics on Diary of the Dead

Protesting Chinese policies in Darfur, movie mogul Steven Spielberg quits his gig as artistic director to the Beijing Olympic Games. David Wallechinsky, author of The Complete Book of the Olympics, looks at a history of dissent.

So Romero scales back the epic sweep of his recent Land of the Dead, and steers clear of self-reflexive jokiness to return to the smaller scale and pointed social criticism of his earlier zombie films.