The Olympic Torch Relay on Day Two came through the beautiful little village of Cedar. Cedar, BC is situated just south of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. It's a small community of about 5 000 and still...
Is it by accident or design that the 2010 Olympic torch for the Winter Games in Vancouver looks like a joint? When organizers unveiled the 2010 Vancouver Olympic torch people in BC immediately commented...
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Another reminder to Canadians and the rest of the world that the Winter 2010 Olympic Games are fast approaching. This morning's release of a map describes the path that the Olympic Torch will travel including...
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A recent Bob McCarty Writes post, featuring a cartoon by David Donar of Political Graffiti, was featured today in The New York Times.A link to Flame in Hand, Chinese Conquer Everest, a post I published Friday, appeared as the last headline listed under the section, Olympic...
Wired reports that climbers on Mount Everest’s south side are surreptitiously blogging a standoff with Nepalese soldiers ahead of China’s Olympic torch run on the opposite side of the mountain next...
Not included is Pro-Tibet protest rally..."There's no need to wrestle with paraplegics to get your hands on a 2008 Olympic torch. Someone on Ebay is now listing a classic edition of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch,...
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The much-awaited India leg of the Olympic torch run has ended peacefully. 40 minutes of truncated run was smooth and without any untoward incident and the city is back to normalcy.Under the guard of more than...
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As protesters were geared up to protest the Olympic Torch in San Francisco the Olympic Torch played a "cat and mouse" game with protesters. The originally route was scrapped and the Torch ended...
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CNN reports that a lone protester managed to breach the tight security during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece Monday.
"The man rushed behind the podium as China's Olympic chief was speaking....
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"At least 80 people have been killed in unrest following protests by Tibetans against Chinese rule, the Tibetan government in exile says.
Indian-based officials said the figure was confirmed by several sources,...
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"Sherpas to carry Olympic torch atop Mt Everest
Surendra Sharma
Sunday, January 14, 2007 22:57 IST
KATHMANDU: The unveiling of a plan this week by Beijing to do a rehearsal this Spring for next year’s Olympic...
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ROME - Some protesters briefly grabbed the Olympic torch from Italian track star Eleanora Berlanda as the relay passed through the Italian town of Trento on Monday.
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