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Security tight as China launches Olympic torch relay
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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A group of women clad in traditional Kazakh dress and hats with feathered plumes greeted the delegation with flowers as Jiang Xiaoyu, Vice President of the 2008 Olympics organizing committee, and other officials stepped on the tarmac. (article 4)
Bhaichung Bhutia, among the first athletes to refuse to run with the torch, informed the Indian Olympic Association on Monday. (article 5)
The arrival was shown live on state television, and comes a week after the lighting ceremony for the torch in Greece was marred by protests. (article 2)
There also were protests Sunday by a pro-Tibetan group when Greek officials handed over the flame to organizers of the Beijing Games in Athens. (article 2)
Chinese President Hu Jintao lit a cauldron on a red-carpeted rostrum on Tiananmen Square before handing the torch to World and Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang, who officially opened the relay before the flag-waving crowd. (article 1)
Beijing tightened security on Sunday ahead of the Olympic torch's arrival after police in Athens scuffled with pro-Tibet protesters who tried to disrupt the final leg of the flame's week-long relay through Greece. (article 3)
Journalists in Beijing were told to collect their accreditation in person a day early, rather than at Monday's ceremony to welcome the torch in Tiananmen Square in the heart of China's capital. (article 3)
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China, Tibet, Tibetan, Chinese, Beijing |
Source articles
- Security tight as China launches Olympic torch relay (Washington Post, 03/31/2008, 351 words)
- Olympic torch arrives in Beijing without incident (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/31/2008, 433 words)
- Olympic flame heads for Beijing after Greece relay (cbc.ca, 03/30/2008, 149 words)
- Olympic flame lands in Kazakhstan, security tight (Washington Post, 04/01/2008, 391 words)
- Olympic torch relit without protests (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 04/01/2008, 437 words)
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