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UPDATE:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/wl_asia_afp/chinaoly2008subwaysecurity

“Olympic host Beijing to introduce subway security checks: report”
Fri Jun 27, 10:37 PM ET

BEIJING (AFP) -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Guns, ammunition, explosives and poisonous material will be the focus of the checks, Xinhua news agency said, citing an spokesman of Beijing’s Mass Transit Railway Operation.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In addition to police and sniffer dogs, the company has trained about 3,000 extra personnel for the security checks, he said.

“Passengers who reject security checks or insist on carrying dangerous articles will be banned entry or exit and even punished by law,” he said.

Police said earlier passengers will have to drink bottled water and other beverages they carry onto the subway to prove the substances are harmless.”