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Olympic Torch in Bangkok

April 18, 2008 – 7:59 am

Grim Chinese flame protectors escorted the Olympic flame off a quasi-military aircraft after landing in Don Muang Airport. Some 30 Thai-Chinese supporters greeted its arrival in the early morning darkness of the closed airport. None of them waved Thai flags. A motorcade sped to an unannounced Bangkok Hotel, where it will be guarded by a […]

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Olympic Torch Arrives In Thailand April 18

March 25, 2008 – 9:30 pm

This week the Olympic torch for the 2008 Beijing Games was lit in Olympia, Greece. Several pro-Tibetan demonstrators disrupted the Chinese spokesman’s celebratory speech. Police bundled away the two Tibetan and its procession ran through the ancient Greek town without incident, until more protests against the 60 years of Chinese repression. Greek police physically restrained […]

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