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Torch Gets Huge Welcome in Hong Kong

But cheers drown out protests in first Chinese leg of relay

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted May 2, 2008 5:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Thousands of people waving the Chinese flag cheered the Olympic torch on its relay through Hong Kong, shouting down scattered Tibetan protesters in their midst, the BBC reports. There were a few scuffles as the torch wound its way through the streets in the first... Read full story »

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