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World News tagged with Olympic Torch

ONE WORLD, ONE DREAM: FREE TIBET 2008
World  (tags: Free Tibet, Olympic Torch, protesting monks )

Bea
- 578 days ago - studentsforafreetibet.org
One year has passed since I and four Tibet supporters traveled to Mt. Everest Base Camp to protest the Chinese government's plan to take the Olympic torch through Tibet. Now, one year later, China is preparing to carry its tainted torch to the top of
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Korean Environmental Leader Refuses the Olympic Torch
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', asia, china, ethics, politics, world, olympic, olympics, Korea, olympic torch )

Gavin
- 581 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Choi Seung-kuk, the Secretary General of Green Korea, has officially bowed out as an Olympic torch bearer. Mr. Choi cited China's aggression in Tibet as his main reason for refusing to carry the Olympic torch.
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Live From S.F., April 9th - Tibet Will Be Free
World  (tags: Tibet, China, Olympic Torch, San Francisco, protests )


- 594 days ago - blog.studentsforafreetibet.org
We'll be bringing you the action live from the streets of San Francisco throughout the day. Make sure to reload your browser for updates! (A link to other sites providing coverage is in the comments below.)
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Olympic Flame Protection Party Are 'Thugs' From Chinese Military
World  (tags: china, China oppression, Bejing olympics, olympic torch )


- 594 days ago - independent.ie
CHINA'S blue-clad flame attendants, whose aggressive methods of safeguarding the Olympic torch have provoked international outcry, are paramilitary police -- spun off from the country's army.
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Protests Halt Paris Torch Relay Early
World  (tags: violence, tibet, china, olympic torch, Olympics 2008 )

Hinda
- 595 days ago - ap.google.com
PARIS (AP) -- Organizers canceled the final leg of the Olympic run through Paris after chaotic protests Monday, snuffing out the torch and putting it aboard a bus in a humiliating concession to protesters decrying China's human rights record.
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Protesters Disrupt Londons Olympic Torch Relay
World  (tags: China, Tibet, olympic torch, London protest )


- 598 days ago - rawstory.com
Police said 25 people had been arrested four hours into the relay, several of them near Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street office where about 1,000 protesters gathered.
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