Comments on: Olympic Torch vanishes, reappears during relay http://preciousmetal.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/olympic-torch-vanishes-reappears-during-relay/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Maki Papadopoulos http://preciousmetal.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/olympic-torch-vanishes-reappears-during-relay/#comment-2057 Maki Papadopoulos Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:01:49 +0000 http://preciousmetal.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-2057 We had such a great coverage planned for the Torch Relay… it’s really a shame! And what a huge disappointment for those who were part of the relay and their route was cancelled. Nonetheless, we still plan on re-launching the site as a tribute to all past Olympic Torch Relays and the people who were part of it. Web sites: http://www.torchrelay.org and http://www.torchrelay.net We had such a great coverage planned for the Torch Relay… it’s really a shame! And what a huge disappointment for those who were part of the relay and their route was cancelled.

Nonetheless, we still plan on re-launching the site as a tribute to all past Olympic Torch Relays and the people who were part of it.

Web sites: http://www.torchrelay.org and http://www.torchrelay.net

]]> By: The Traveler http://preciousmetal.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/olympic-torch-vanishes-reappears-during-relay/#comment-2056 The Traveler Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:46:56 +0000 http://preciousmetal.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-2056 http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/09/torch.protest/index.html There were several scuffles between police and demonstrators along the route. One torchbearer also got into trouble by displaying a Tibetan flag. "The Chinese security and cops were on me like white on rice, it was no joke," Majora Carter told the AP. "They pulled me out of the race, and then San Francisco police officers pushed me back into the crowd on the side of the street." http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/09/torch.protest/index.html

There were several scuffles between police and demonstrators along the route. One torchbearer also got into trouble by displaying a Tibetan flag.

“The Chinese security and cops were on me like white on rice, it was no joke,” Majora Carter told the AP. “They pulled me out of the race, and then San Francisco police officers pushed me back into the crowd on the side of the street.”

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