Olympic Torch Arrives in Canada for Relay & Vancouver 2010 Games

"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...

3. Olympic Torch Relay Protests in San Francisco: 2008 in Review

" 2008's Top 10 Moments in User-Generated News 1.    Mumbai attacks2.    Natural disasters: Emergency info 3.    SF Olympic torch relay protests 4.   ...

Olympic torch relay continues in Tibet, accompanied by tight security

The much-anticipated and delayed Olympic torch relay in Lhasa, Tibet, finally took place, with the aid of extremely tight security measures of course. All the shops along the relay route were closed and the...

Olympic torch on its way to Nanjing

Having spent a weekend in Shanghai, the Olympic torch is due to arrive in Nanjing on May 27." After a controversial world tour, the...

The "Journey of Harmony" Reaches Seoul

In 1996, I was fortunate enough to experience an insider's view of the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.  You see, when my father was appointed as an attaché to St.Vincent and the Grenadines, I, at the...

Adding Up Torch Relay's Carbon Footprint

A recent Slate piece calculated the carbon footprint of the Olympic Torch relay.  The numbers are rather astounding.  The article also created an interactive map tracking the environmental impact of the...

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