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Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge  

Posted Apr 7, 08 4:28 PM CDT in US,  Sports,  World    Most Covered

(newser) – With the Olympic torch due to reach San Francisco tomorrow, protesters climbed the Golden Gate Bridge today to unfurl banners reading “One World, One Dream" and "Free Tibet 08.” The climbers, members of Students for a Free Tibet, were arrested after they rappelled down the bridge’s south tower, leaving the sign aloft, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Five group members who provided support were also arrested, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Although the bridge is under constant video surveillance, the climbers managed to elude police. A rep said the student group wants to keep the torch out of Tibet on its way to China, adding that members will stage an alternate celebration tomorrow.

Sources San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News

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Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge
Three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climb up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Monday, April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge
A crowd watches three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climb up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Monday, April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge
Three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climbed up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Monday, April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge
Three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climbed up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Monday, April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge
Two demonstrators protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch tie Tibetan flags and two banners to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, April 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Torch Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge
Hanging from the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Monday, April 7, 2008, a demonstrator holds up a sign that reads "No Olympic Torch in Tibet" as another holds up a Tibetan flag.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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