PARIS — About 3,000 Fr
ench police — on motorcycles, in jogging gear and on skates — mobilized to protect the Olympic torch relay Monday when it departs from the Eiffel Tower and crisscrosses Paris amid threat of protests. (FOX NEWS)
Today, while the Olympic torch was on the Paris leg, there were some surprises. On sunday, the torch was in London and obviously there were a lot of protests. But we all know that the French are very revolutionary, so we expected some resistence and protests in the French capital, Paris.
But it was beyond all expectations! The torch was extinguished three times during the Paris leg, and there was a moment when the torch was being hold but had no fire.
Here are the main ideas of the this news, as CNN describes it:
Olympic torch extinguished three times by officials, put on bus during Paris relay
Anti-China protests as Olympic torch relay begins Paris leg amid tight security
Anti-China protesters disrupted torch relay in London on Sunday
Beijing Olympics spokesman condemns London protests as “sabotage”
Activists angry about China’s human rights record and a recent crackdown on Tibet have been protesting along the torch route since the flame embarked on a 85,000-mile journey from Ancient Olympia in Greece to Beijing for the Aug. 8-24 Olympic Games.
We are really looking forward on what is going to happen with the Olympic torch. How will it arrive in Beijing, if it will? Beijing 2008 was probably one of the most disputed Olympic games ever.