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torch relay stories: 28 news summaries

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More Notables Stay Away From Beijing Olympics

Nobel laureate scraps torch relay; UN chief won't attend opening

Apr 11, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The controversy around the Olympic flame continued as Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate, announced she was dropping out of the torch relay. Maathai was to carry the torch this weekend in Tanzania but pulled out in protest of China's human rights record. Maathai also told the Los ... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Wangari Maathai • Olympic boycotts • Olympic protests • torch relay • Ban Ki-Moon

IOC Head: We Can Weather Torch 'Crisis'

Dalai Lama supports Chinese Olympics —and open protests

Apr 10, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The protests following the Olympic torch around the globe are a “crisis,” but the International Olympic Committee has faced worse, its chief said today. The Games, he said, would “rebound," the BBC reports. Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama said China “deserved” to host, CNN reports. "... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Jacques Rogge • International Olympic Committee • Olympic protests • torch relay

SF Mayor
Takes Heat for Torch Dodge

Rerouting Olympic flame relay enrages duped protesters

Apr 10, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The San Francisco leg of the Olympic torch relay avoided some of the chaos that plagued London and Paris, but pro-Tibetan activists were fuming that Mayor Gavin Newsom rerouted the flame's path at the last minute to dodge protesters. "He did it so China can report they had a... More »

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China • San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Gavin Newsom • Olympic protests • torch relay

China's Torch 'Thugs' Draw Their Own Controversy

Sinister keepers of the Olympic flame barred from Australia relay

Apr 9, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic flame’s mysterious Chinese guardians have been rubbing Europe the wrong way, Der Spiegel reports. The men in the powder blue track suits haven’t hesitated to get rough, and local authorities wonder why they’re necessary. “They are horrible,” said London’s Olympic Committee Chairman.... More »

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China • London • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • torch relay

 San Francisco
 in Fine Frenzy
 Over Torch 

Security tightens as protesters hit streets for relay

Apr 9, 08 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic torch winds its way through San Francisco today and authorities are bracing for big trouble from protesters who have already hit the streets, AP reports. The torch was buffeted by protests in London and Paris, where the relay was cut short, and the worst may be yet to... More »

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San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Olympic Committee May
 Cancel Torch Relay 

IOC to meet in Beijing to discuss massive protests

Apr 8, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The International Olympic Committee has scheduled an extraordinary meeting to discuss whether the remainder of this year's torch relay should be canceled. In the face of massive protests against China's human rights abuses, the committee is considering a plan to limit the remainder of the relay to China, reports AFP.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • International Olympic Committee • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Torch Protesters Climb
 Golden Gate Bridge 

Pro-Tibet students make statement from above

Apr 7, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(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... More »

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China • San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Golden Gate Bridge • Tibet • Olympic protests • torch relay • Students for a Free Tibet

UPDATED

 Olympic Flame Doused 5 Times; Paris Relay Cut Short

Torch is put out, put on a bus, re-lighted, then put out again

Apr 7, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris police today extinguished the Olympic flame five times after massive pro-Tibet protests turned the torch relay into chaos. The torch was doused for the first time near the start of the route at the Eiffel Tower and taken on board the bus that accompanies the runners, the AP reports.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Paris • Tibet • torch relay

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