Protest at Olympic flame-lighting (AP)


Written on March 25, 2008 – 12:40 am | by

A policeman, center, detains a protester holding a banner next to Liu Qi, left, president of the Beijing organizing committee, at the beginning of the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 games in ancient Olympia, Greece, on Monday March 24, 2008. The flame for the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics has been lit using the sun's rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia.  (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Even before the Olympic flame was lit Monday, a protester of China’s human rights policies disrupted the solemn ceremony, foreshadowing the prospect of demonstrations throughout the 85,000-mile torch-relay route right up to the Beijing Games themselves.

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