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RINGS; Riefenstahl Footage In Video Causes Stir
The organizers of the Vancouver Games withdrew an official video for their Olympic torch relay after the Canadian Jewish Congress and others questioned its use of footage from Olympia, Leni Riefenstahls film of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. The four-minute video, Lights Will Guide You Home, was shown to relay participants after they boarded - By IAN AUSTEN
BBC News - London 2012: Liverpool's OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE revealed
5 days ago ... The Olympic flame will be taken on a ferry across the Mersey during its journey through Liverpool.
OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE announced
CROWDS in Rugby will be flocking to see the Olympic torch when it arrives on their doorstep on Monday July 2. The route the flame will be carried along through Rugby was announced last week, with the torch convoy set to pass through the town centre and ...
Saudi female to carry Olympic torch
Reema Abdullah said Wednesday she was notified by London organizers of her role two days ago when a street-by-street map of the 8,000-mile route for the Olympic torch was presented. Abdullah, who is also an amateur soccer player, is leading a ...
Saudi woman to carry London Olympics torch
Reema Abdullah said she has been notified by London organisers of her role when a street-by-street map of the 8,000-mile route for the Olympic torch was presented. The announcement comes as talks continue between Saudi Arabia and the ...
A Brazilian but no-one from Ledbury on OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE
A County mayor has criticised Olympic organisers after the long awaited announcement on who would carry the torch through Ledbury revealed not one person from the town but did include a runner from Rio de Janeiro. Ledbury mayor Allen Conway called it “a ...
Whitehaven News | News | Olympic torch relay route revealed
Last updated at 12:59, Monday, 19 March 2012. The streets where the Olympic torch will travel in Allerdale, Copeland, Carlisle and Eden have been revealed.
BBC News - London 2012: Olympic torch relay map
Explore our map to find out where the London 2012 Olympic torch is going on each stage of its 70-day route.
Does anyone know the route for the Olympic Torch through Brisbane?
Am tryin gto find the route for the Olympic torch, so I can go and have a look, doe sanyone know where I can find out the route so I know what suburbs it will travel through? Thanks. Have tried googling it, but with no success.
Yeah it seems that only ACT maybe Sydney get to see it... never mind... thanks... maybe they only do major cities when it is host country?
Answer: i've heard that Canberra was the only city in Australia to run the Olympic Torch but i could be wrong.
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LONDON 2012: OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE revealed | Mail Online
5 days ago ... A street-by-street map of the Olympic torch relay has been published. Proposed start times of when and where the Olympic Flame will travel ...
Did you get overlooked for the Olympic torch relay?
I did. But my friend, Gary Twatt didnt, I bet hell be shocked and disgusted to discover the high cost of his participation when every road along the route becomes a toll road for the duration of the event.
Shame, and hes looking forward to the honour of carrying the torch around Banbury ring road. Just wait when they tell him its going to cost him a quarter of a million pounds.
He may just have to put it out.
Category: Current Events
2012 OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE revealed - Olympics - Sport - The ...
London 2012s Olympic torch relay will start in Lands End and travel as far as the outer Hebrides on an 8,000-mile journey to the stadium. The Olympic Flame will ...
From River to Sea, a Race About Finishing
TWELVE years ago, the sight of the Olympic torch gave a couple of road racing buddies a bright idea. On an April day in 1996, Mark Zenobia and Dan Brannen watched the Olympic flame pass through Livingston en route to Atlanta, and began discussing the possibility of staging their own relay race. Within minutes, they were talking logistics and - Article on 13th annual River to Sea Relay, 91.7-mile race that covers 34 towns in Mercer, Somerset, Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, NJ; photo (M) - By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI
Maps let Swansea residents plan the best way to see Olympic Torch relay
Organisers have announced the route the famous Olympic Torch will take around Swansea to mark the London Games in May. The flame will arrive in the city on Saturday, May 26, and will be carried by the torch bearers at around 5.45pm in Langdon Road before ...
SMU Library Blog: OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE and bearers revealed for ...
Olympic torch route and bearers revealed for Wales! Yesterday it was revealed which cities, towns and villages in Wales will see the Olympic torch passing through, between 25th - 30th May. For more information and to see ...
What is the basis of the routes of the Olympic torch?
Are the cities where the torch passed/will be passing a host city of the Olympics before?
Answer: actually no..
the torch route follows the route passing every continent except Antartica. the torch will visit cities on the Silk Road, where one way or the other, has significant ancient links between China and the rest of the world.
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Calls to change OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE to take in Wokingham
The leader of Wokingham Borough Council is calling on Olympic organisers to change their newly-published route and send the torch relay through Wokingham. Councillor David Lee said he is very disappointed by plans announced on Monday, which see the torch ...
London 2012 Confirms Torchbearers and Street Route for Olympic Flame
James Williams, Director, Olympic Torch Relay, The Coca-Cola Company ... showcasing some of the UK’s most exciting music artists at the nightly events on the route, including the four very special extended City Celebrations in Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds ...
Controversy flares over Taiwan, Tibet Olympic torch relay route?
what do think about Taiwan brush-off the 2008 Beiging Olympics flares over Taiwan?
does the govenment do the right thing?
it seems that you two are Chinese, arent you?
Answer: Taiwan goverment is too narrow-minded! i think.
I have never seen any city would reject the Olympics torch ever before.It's really ridiculous
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How is the route of the Olympic torch decided?
Answer: It is decided by the Host Country's Olympic committee with agreement of participating country and the IOC (International Olympic Committee).
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Olympic Torch Relay | London 2012
The Olympic Torch Relay route has been planned so that the Flame will come within ten miles of 95 percent of people in the UK. The venues for evening celebrations and the ...
Locations by region and date | Where is the Olympic Flame going ...
Olympic Torch Relay Homepage of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay; Paralympic Torch ... Olympic Torch Relay route animation
Olympic torch’s route through West Berkshire is confirmed and ...
news Olympic torch’s route through West Berkshire is confirmed and torchbearers named Monday, 19th Mar 2012
can you believe that the so called officials changed the route of the Olympic torch to prevent protesters from
voicing their opininion on human rights in china? free country huh????
Answer: Did you not hear the news, Big-G? This is hardly a free country any more. 1 out of 100 citizens are in jail/prison. Big brother watches everyone, everywhere. We are not allowed to protest to show our outrage any more. The times they are a changin
Category: Civic Participation
News & Star | News | Olympic torch relay route revealed
Carlisle will be the only British city to be visited twice by the Olympic Torch before the games in London this summer. The Olympic Torch relay is due to pass through ...
OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE revealed / Clydebank Post / News / This Week
THE route the Olympic torch will take through Clydebank has been revealed today (Monday)., Byline: Editorial, Category: News, Subcategory:This Week, Published: 2012 ...
Olympic torch’s route through West Berkshire is confirmed and torchbearers named
THE OLYMPIC flame will be lighting up the streets of West Berkshire on Wednesday, July 11, it was confirmed today (Monday). Crowds are expected to line the route to cheer the Olympic torch relay, and torchbearers from the area – including BBC sports ...
OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE announced for South Lakeland : Cumbria ...
Details of the route the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will take when it visits South Lakeland on 21 June 2012 have been announced. Communities along the routes will be taking part in celebrating this fantastic event which will ...
London Olympics torch route revealed - From where I am.........
The London Olympics torch relay route has been unveiled. There will be no international torch relay. The International Olympic Committee decided to make it a domestic event after the 2008 controversial Beijing torch relay in ...
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW; Winter Wonder Brand
After the Super Bowl, the next sports spectacular to take over television screens will be the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Super Bowl Sunday is imperial Rome, all armor and battle formations, while the Olympics are still classical Greece: all torches, wreaths and moral uplift. The Super Bowl is a unique display of American exuberance. The - Michael Ignatieff is leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He is a former contributing writer for the magazine. His latest book is True Patriot Love. - By MICHAEL IGNATIEFF
Alisdair Gibbs-Barton: OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE confirmed
Olympic torch route confirmed. The exact route for the Olympic Torch relay through Blyth has been confirmed. As previously posted, it'll be on 15th June, Starting at Front Street , Bebside the run goes down Cowpen Road, ...
London games organizers unveil OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE - Yahoo! News
5 days ago ... From Yahoo! News: Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8000 people who will carry the Olympic ...
OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE announced - Local News - Wigan Today
THE full route of the Wigan leg of the Olympic torch relay has been announced today.
London games organizers unveil OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE
LONDON (AP) — Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games, organizers announced Monday. London Games officials unveiled a street ...
Lyme Regis: Resort prepares to celebrate Olympic Torch relay
Preparations are set to be stepped up after the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) announced details of the route, times and runners. Torch bearers will carry the Olympic flame in 300-metre sections through Lyme Regis ...
Olympic torch relay Coventry route revealed - South Warwickshire ...
FULL street-by-street details of the Olympic Torch Relay route through Coventry and Warwickshire have been unveiled. London 2012 organisers have this morning ...
London games organizers unveil OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE
Published: Monday March 19, 2012 MYT 5:24:00 PM Updated: Monday March 19, 2012 MYT 9:45:24 PM London games organizers unveil Olympic torch route
Owen Temple » Blog Archive » OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE unveiled
The Olympic Torch Relay will visit communities across County Durham during three days in June this year. Today (07.30am Monday March 19) LOCOG has unveiled the street level map which the Olympic Torch Relay will ...
With a Push, China Expo Hits Its Mark For Visitors
SHANGHAI -- When city officials here promised the biggest and best World Expo ever, they were not just blowing smoke, as Tao Renran and 60 co-workers at a state-run garment factory found out recently when they were asked to visit this years Shanghai World Expo. That odd request, they said, quickly became a threat. We were required to come, - By DAVID BARBOZA; Chen Xiaoduan contributed research.
Sports in Brief: OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE revealed
Schoolchildren, charity fund-raisers, war veterans, and a centenarian are among 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games. London Games officials unveiled a street-by-street map of the 8,000-mile ...
THE SYSTEM; THE STATE REQUESTS THAT CITIZEN LIU WIN GOLD
It is May 24, a hazy Saturday night, and 50,000 people with maybe a passing interest in track and field are witnessing a meaningless competition at Beijings new Olympic showcase, the National Stadium. The turnout is worth noting: it dwarfs the average attendance at last years world championships in Osaka, Japan. The 50,000 people are here because - The System column discusses pressure on track and field athlete Liu Xiang to win gold medal for China at 2008 Olympics; photos (M) - BY JIM YARDLEY
OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE revealed
The London 2012 Olympic torch will travel through West Cumbria on Thursday, June 21. Starting in Aspatria at 11.41am, it will set off from the A596 Park Road and continue along the main road to West Street. Its next stop will be Maryport, where it will ...
London games organizers unveil OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE ...
Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games.
Olympic Torch Journey?
Does anybody out there know what route the Olympic Torch took between being ignited in Olympia and reaching London?
Also, when were the blue-clad attendants brought in?
AND after its been paraded around the cities, where have various officials plonked the olympic torch? what cities did the crew rest in overnight and when did they travel between country to country.
LAST OF ALL whos going along with the torch, what officials are there making sure its safe and sound (no specific names necessary, though).
Wicked
Answer: this is an official site for torch relay
http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/
video: http://olympicevents.net
Category: Olympics
Olympic torch tommorow: why not just take the tube?
i saw the route:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44538000/gif/_44538139_torch_route_466.gif
and thought "ummm ...why take THAT LONG of a journey, when you have the tube?"
or just not carry the flipping thing.... probably costing us tax payers about a million tommorow for the bloody thing.
Answer: i think you should just go down there by tube tomorrow and blow the blo*dy thing out x
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For an Ex-Fullback, Big Plays in a New Game
He has learned the music but not the lingo. Keith Miller is perhaps the only opera singer who can talk about running an aria the way a fullback talks about running for daylight -- as he used to do, before he called an audible on his football career. Now he is heading toward the big leagues of opera with equal parts discipline and informality, - By JAMES BARRON
What do you think of the Olympic torch lighting ceremony this morning?
3 protestors managed to unveil a banner, in spite of the 1000+ police, and the ceremony being changed to an hour earlier than advertised... Possibly the most boring ceremony on Earth, and, they have announced that the torch will pass through Tibet and up Everest en route, How many people will die before these Olympics start?
Answer: It seems a disaster all round! What with their 'human rights' record and their 'cultural' way of treating poor animals.. Not good and I won't be bothering, I hate what they stand for.
Lol at your last comment ;-)
Category: Current Events
BBC News - London 2012: Olympic torch relay street route set out
5 days ago ... The street-by-street route for the London 2012 Olympic torch relay is set out as over 7000 torchbearers are confirmed.
Which is worse; constantly extinguishing the Olympic torch flame en route to Beijing?
(to the point that it becomes a joke), or a Chinese government official not sitting down with the Dalai Lama to seriously talk about Tibettan autonomy?
No doubt, you see the irony, tq0189.
Answer: The Olympics are just games. The issues with Tibet are about life and death. You figure it out.
Category: Media & Journalism
Does anyone see the Irony of protesting the torch in S.F?
They changed the Olympic torch route and protester were using their cell phones to let each other know the new route. If they really wanted to affect China they stop buying products made in China. look inside your cell phone, where is it made?
Answer: Great point. A star for you.
Category: Current Events
Traveling Route of the Beijing Olympic Torch?
Hello,
I am quite puzzled about the Beijing Olympic Torchs route. If the flame was already flown in from Athens to Beijing on March 31st and now sits in a lantern waiting for August 08, what is the purpose of carrying another flame from Athens thru London thru Paris and now to San Francisco today (tuesday 4/8/08)? Why was a flame transported to Beijing earlier when the opening ceremonies wont happen until 08/08/08?
Arent they going in the opposite direction away from China?
It looks like there is not a direct path with the torch relay as the flame is carried thru multiple countries that are not next to each other. Does the flame travel by airplane into the next country?
Answer: The flame does travel by plane from country to country. The main reason behind the decision to take the torch relay from country to country was as a propaganda exercise by the Chinese government. This has backfired dramatically as we have seen large scale protests in London and Paris, with surely more to follow in San Francisco and other cities along the route.
The IOC is now considering abandoning all future world torch relays, given the controversy that has been generated by this one, not to mention its carbon footprint.
Category: Olympics
I.O.C. Bars International Torch Relays
After a protest-marred torch relay preceding the Beijing Games last summer, the International Olympic Committee has decided to bar future organizing committees from taking the torch relay international. The I.O.C. hopes to avoid the ugly scenes that erupted in San Francisco, Paris and London last year when anti-China protesters attempted to douse - By LYNN ZINSER
OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE 2012?
I am able to find the route of the Olympic torch once it reaches the UK. However what Im really interested in is how it gets from Greece to the UK. Is it carried in a relay and if so what is the route. Or does it just come over on a plane or something?
Answer: Sea Cargo maybe
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OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE unveiled - Arab News
Olympic torch route unveiled. The Oldest Olympic torch bearer London 2012 Olympic Games, Dinah Gould, left, who will be 100 when she carries the flame, and the youngest, 11 year old Dominic John MacGowan, during a ...
Route the Olympic Flame will take through Plymouth is revealed ...
Plymouth City Council today revealed the route for the Olympic torch relay and the names of some of the torchbearers from the city. It came as Prime Minister David ...
Staff and students at the University of Bristol named as Olympic torchbearers
Samsung, a partner of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, wanted to find individuals who always ... Marathon and various cycle challenges for charity, offering advice on routes, training, support and equipment. Outside of work, Shirley is a volunteer ...
OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE: London 2012 flames 8,000-mile trip around ...
Around the UK in 70 days: Olympic flames 8,000-mile trip up and down the British Isles. Torch will visit 1,018 destinations between May 19 and July 27 next year
London 2012 Olympic torch relay route will visit more than 1,000 ...
THE full Olympic torch relay route is being announced today – and it will visit 1,018 towns and cities during its 8,000-mile trek around Britain.
Where is the Olympic Flame going? | London 2012
Olympic Torch Relay route · The Needles Torch video. Watch this animated video to see some of the spectacular landmarks around the UK that the Olympic ...
London games organizers unveil OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE
LONDON (AP) -- Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay for the ...
BBC News - London 2012 Olympic torch relay route revealed
The first 74 locations on the 2012 Olympics torch relay route, starting at Lands End, have been revealed. The route, which covers every nation and region in the UK ...
RINGS; Amid Protest, Torch Takes A Detour
Organizers quickly changed the Olympic torch relays zigzagging route through Vancouver on Friday morning to avoid a small protest. About 150 protesters were blocked by the police as they attempted to confront the relay in the Downtown Eastside, an impoverished neighborhood with a large number of homeless residents. At the same time, the relays - By IAN AUSTEN
Olympic Torch: The flame is carried from Greece to where the games begin....?
...Has the torch ever gone out en route?
Its almost a sacred ritual to carry the Olympic flame across the country and the world. I just wonder if the inevitable has ever happened by an accident or whatever.
Answer: When the flame went out
The only time that the Olympic flame has gone out during the Games was at Montreal, Canada, on July 27, 1976. It was doused by a cloudburst during a rest day when the only people in the stadium were workmen. It was rekindled a minute or two later by a plumber named Pierre Bouchard with a cigarette lighter and a rolled up newspaper.
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OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE unveiled | Scotland | STV News
5 days ago ... The iconic Olympic 2012 flame will spend nearly two weeks touring Scotland.
What is the route and times of the olympic torch relay in Mississauga on Dec. 19/09?
Answer: The map is available on Mississauga.ca
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London Games Organizers Unveil OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE | NBC Connecticut
London Games Organizers Unveil Olympic torch route Over 8,000 people will carry the torch through 8,000 mile route
Rules Are Bent a Little, and Olympic Torch Visits the U.S.
The Olympic torch has spent the past four months touring North America, spanning its coasts, crossing its heartland and scaling its mountains in a 28,000-mile route to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Yet on Tuesday, there was still new territory to explore: the United States. Last year, international Olympic officials decided that the torch - By WILLIAM YARDLEY
London games organizers unveil OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE | Fox News
5 days ago ... Schoolchildren, charity fundraisers, war veterans and a centenarian are among 8000 people who will carry the Olympic flame in the torch relay ...
Epsom and Ewell miss out on Olympic flame visit (From News Shopper)
There was disappointment across Epsom and Ewell this week when it emerged that the route for the Olympic torch did not include the borough. The lack of locations in the borough means local torchbearers will have to run in other areas, with one Stoneleigh ...
Has anyone ever dropped the Olympic torch/has it ever gone out on the route to the games?
If so, did they relight it or rerun the route or what?
Answer: There is a back up flame that is with the torch during the relay and at the Olympics.
The flame has gone out and it is re ignited using the back up flame.
The torch was put out at the Montreal Olympics, and re lit by a worker using a cigarette lighter, when the officials found out they put out the flame and lit it using the official flame.
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Irish OLYMPIC TORCH ROUTE unveiled - The Irish Times - Mon, Mar 19 ...
5 days ago ... The London 2012 Olympic torch will arrive in Belfast early in June to be borne through more than 60 towns and villages across Northern ...
College readying for the Olympics
COLLEGE bosses have welcomed the Olympic torch route, as the flame will pass the college as it travels along St Mary’s Street on July 8. The college is one of the few “Get Set” Olympic educational providers in the UK, an accolade it won in November 2010.
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