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Mon 10 Oct 2007Torch relay to highlight Chinese human rights failuresIRELAND:The Global Human Rights Torch Relay will arrive in Dublin on Wednesday to raise awareness of continuing abuses of human rights in China during the run-up to next year's Olympic Games.The relay, which began in Athens in August, is passing through more than 150 cities in 35 countries before ending in Hong Kong next August.