"VANOC CEO John Furlong watches Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson lower the Olympic Flame in a miner's lantern to touch Canadian soil. He disembarks a Canadian Forces CC 150 Polaris (Airbus A-310) aircraft upon...
The international Olympic Committee is above all a corporate profit making body. Therefore, its size, and its ruthlessness, in ensuring that profit projections are realized are paramount. It is not concerned with the suffering of the poor through higher taxes,...
Amidst tight security and accusations by journalists of state sanctioned censorship the Olympic flame reached Thessaloniki, the Greece’s second city.However, the controversy and protests that dogged the...
Olympia centre of attention for the lighting of the Olympic flame.The countdown for the Olympic games in Beijing started with the lighting of the Olympic flame. The flame was lit by Maria Naypliotou who completed...