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Hundreds of pro-Tibetan protestors disrupted the Paris relay of the Beijing Olympic torch, clashing with police and twice forcing torchbearers to extinguish the flame and take refuge on a bus.
Tuesday, Apr. 08, 2008

Open quoteA symbol like that, carried by young people who want to deliver a message of peace, should be allowed to pass.Close quote

  • HENRI SERANDOUR
  • head of the French Olympic Committee, after Paris's Olympic torch relay was disrupted Monday by Free Tibet demonstrations
Photo: PATRICK KOVARIK / EPA | Source: AP