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Paris torch relay canceled
Officials snuffed out torch at least five times during leg
Posted: Monday April 7, 2008 11:48AM; Updated: Monday April 7, 2008
12:21PM
After numerous protestors trying to grab the torch, the last section
of the relay's run through Paris will be by vehicle.
AP
PARIS (AP) -- Security officials snuffed out the Olympic torch and
carried it through Paris in the safety of a bus at least five times
Monday before canceling the final run of a relay repeatedly disrupted
by chaotic protests against China's human rights record.
Security officials put the torch on the bus for the last stretch but
stopped right outside its destination, a Paris stadium, so a runner
could finish the last 15 feet.
At least two activists earlier got within almost an arm's length of
the flame before they were grabbed by police. A protester threw water
at the torch but failed to extinguish it and was taken away. Officers
tackled numerous protesters and carried some away.
