Summer Olympics torch relay

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2012 London Games: Olympic Torches for Sale

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While the Olympic torch continues its tour of Britain, some of the torch-bearers have put their torches up on auction sites such as eBay.

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Audio and map: The politically circuitous path of the Olympic torch

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Everest torch progress

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Torch arrives in China

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Olympic torch and Mount Everest

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Delicate Olympic debate

Conflict & Justice

The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing on China’s increasingly defensive response to Olympics-related protests around the globe.

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Olympic torch controversy

Sports

The World’s Alex Gallafent on the controversial history of the Olympic torch relay: the modern tradition of the relay started on the eve of the 1936 Olympic Games, hosted by Nazi Germany.

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San Francisco activist to carry torch

Conflict & Justice

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Helen Zia about her decision to be part of the relay team carrying the Olympic torch through San Francisco this week; Zia is a Chinese-American writer and human rights activist.

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Olympic torch trouble

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Sarah Elzas reports that the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay was cut short today after anti-China protests disrupted the event; such protests are expected all along the torch’s path to Beijing.

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Protests mar Olympic torch lighting

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Pro-Tibet protests disrupted the lighting of the Olympic torch today in Greece, but the torch now goes on 5-month relay before arriving in Beijing and it will make one stop in North America – San Francisco