No plan to cut torch relay: IOC
Thursday, April 10, 2008
PROTESTERS angered over China's crackdown in Tibet marched in San Francisco ahead of the Olympic torch's arrival on Wednesday, but Olympics chief Jacques Rogge said there are no plans to cut short a global relay.
The torch will be carried through the West coast city during the flame's only US stop, and activists fuelled by anger about Beijing's policies in Tibet and its reaction to deadly rioting in the Himalayan region last month are gathering for protests.
Several hundred paraded through the city's streets on the eve of the torch procession, many carrying Tibetan flags and signs, and chanting "Shame on China".
Authorities in San Francisco, which is famous for its demonstrations, already fear a repeat of aggressive tactics that marred the relay in London and Paris. Reuters
Tibetan monks protest in front of reporters: P 11
2008 Olympic torch relay route map: P 20
The torch will be carried through the West coast city during the flame's only US stop, and activists fuelled by anger about Beijing's policies in Tibet and its reaction to deadly rioting in the Himalayan region last month are gathering for protests.
Several hundred paraded through the city's streets on the eve of the torch procession, many carrying Tibetan flags and signs, and chanting "Shame on China".
Authorities in San Francisco, which is famous for its demonstrations, already fear a repeat of aggressive tactics that marred the relay in London and Paris. Reuters
Tibetan monks protest in front of reporters: P 11
2008 Olympic torch relay route map: P 20
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