April 6th - London Olympic Flame Route + protest
NN | 27.03.2008 17:14
The final confirmed route for the London leg of the torch relay is as below. Protests are expected all along the route. 2000 cops will be 'policing' the route all day.
10:30am - Wembley
11:00am - Ladbroke Grove
12:20pm Notting Hill Gate
12pm - Oxford Street
12:30pm - China Town
12:40pm - Piccadilly Circus
12:50pm - Trafalgar Square
1:30pm - Southbank Centre
2:15pm - Somerset House
2:30pm - St Paul’s
3pm - Potters Field and More London
4pm - Stratford
5pm - Canary Wharf
6pm - Greenwich
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A classic from Jan 2006:
Protesters swipe Olympic torch in Italy - Anti-globalization group of four briefly snatches flame from Berlanda
ROME - Some protesters briefly grabbed the Olympic torch from Italian track star Eleanora Berlanda as the relay passed through the Italian town of Trento on Monday.
Four protesters known as "the disobedient ones" - demonstrators associated with the anti-globalization movement - nabbed the torch and relay escort runners claimed it back, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
"I saw the (protesters') banners and I thought I would be able to pass by them, but they came near," Berlanda told The Associated Press by telephone.
"I tried to hold on to the torch but they were pulling on it, and my wrist was being turned, so I had to let go of it. They were aggressive about getting the torch, but not toward me personally."
Berlanda, who set Italian records in the 1,500 meters, said she was uninjured.
The relay continued without any other problems, said Stefano Coscia, media director for the torch relay.
Several thousand people, including children, had turned out in cold weather to cheer on Berlanda, Coscia said.
More than 30 protests have marked the torch relay since it left Rome on Dec. 8, prompting the games government supervisor Mario Pescante last week to express worry about the possibility of bigger protests.
11:00am - Ladbroke Grove
12:20pm Notting Hill Gate
12pm - Oxford Street
12:30pm - China Town
12:40pm - Piccadilly Circus
12:50pm - Trafalgar Square
1:30pm - Southbank Centre
2:15pm - Somerset House
2:30pm - St Paul’s
3pm - Potters Field and More London
4pm - Stratford
5pm - Canary Wharf
6pm - Greenwich
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A classic from Jan 2006:
Protesters swipe Olympic torch in Italy - Anti-globalization group of four briefly snatches flame from Berlanda
ROME - Some protesters briefly grabbed the Olympic torch from Italian track star Eleanora Berlanda as the relay passed through the Italian town of Trento on Monday.
Four protesters known as "the disobedient ones" - demonstrators associated with the anti-globalization movement - nabbed the torch and relay escort runners claimed it back, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
"I saw the (protesters') banners and I thought I would be able to pass by them, but they came near," Berlanda told The Associated Press by telephone.
"I tried to hold on to the torch but they were pulling on it, and my wrist was being turned, so I had to let go of it. They were aggressive about getting the torch, but not toward me personally."
Berlanda, who set Italian records in the 1,500 meters, said she was uninjured.
The relay continued without any other problems, said Stefano Coscia, media director for the torch relay.
Several thousand people, including children, had turned out in cold weather to cheer on Berlanda, Coscia said.
More than 30 protests have marked the torch relay since it left Rome on Dec. 8, prompting the games government supervisor Mario Pescante last week to express worry about the possibility of bigger protests.
NN
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