With each protest, the pressure mounts on Western leaders not to attend the opening ceremony for the games in August.

ECONOMIST: The Olympic flame

America's George Bush and France's Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed they would attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Beijing .

ECONOMIST: Politics this week

One boost for Games organisers came with confirmation that the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will attend the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

BBC: Security at Delhi 2010