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Protesters Follow Olympic Torch to Acropolis

Demonstrations in Greece remain mostly peaceful

By Mitch Pritchard,  Newser User

Posted Mar 29, 2008 8:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – Olympic torchbearers made their way to the Acropolis in Greece today with the help of heavy security that kept protesters at arm's length, the AP reports. Activists have set up camp by candlelight outside the stadium—site of the first modern Olympics in 1896— to...   Read full story »

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