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IOC to Mull Stopping International Relay

SPORTS / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
SF Gate -- The IOC will consider ending the international leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay as a result of the anti-Chinese protests. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says the issue will be discussed by the organization's executive boa.. Read More
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Olympics to 'rebound from crisis'

SPORTS / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
BBC News -- The head of the International Olympic Committee has said anti-China protests had created a "crisis" but that the Games in Beijing would "rebound". Jacques Rogge told a meeting of national Olympic committees in Beijing that the Games would succeed. B.. Read More
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China vows to keep torch on track

SPORTS / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform
BBC News -- Beijing has said "no force" can stop the Olympic flame relay, as it faces protests on the US leg of its journey. Seven demonstrators have already been arrested in San Francisco after tying "Free Tibet" banners to the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge... Read More
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Amid protests, Olympic torch extinguished in Paris

SPORTS / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform
MSNBC -- Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch for a second time on Monday amid heavy protests during the torch relay in Paris. Police escorted the flame onto a bus, apparently to move it away from protesters. The flame was being carried out of a.. Read More
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Raucous Protests Greet Olympic Flame

SPORTS / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform
SF Gate -- Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London. The biggest protests.. Read More
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