Olympic torch relay chronology
08/04/2008 13:55  - (SA)  

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China vows torch relay will go on Torch ends chaotic Paris trip Protesters extinguish torch Torch disruptions 'are sabotage' 'Torch will go through Tibet' London torch protests slammed Protesters scuffle with police India reviews torch security Olympic torch re-lit in Beijing Olympic flame clampdown Beijing Olympics flame lit China blasts Dalai Lama Thorpe to carry Olympic torch

Beijing - The following is a chronology of protests surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay, and where the tour is scheduled to go next ahead of the August Games.

March 24

Protesters disrupt the Olympic flame lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia in Greece, which kicks off the torch relay amid mounting controversy over China's crackdown in Tibet.

March 26

Police round up scores of protesters demonstrating in Volos, Greece, against China's response to unrest in Tibet as the flame heads to Athens.

March 30

The final leg of the torch relay in Greece is cut short due to anti-Chinese protests.

March 30

Greece hands over the Olympic torch to Beijing Games organisers in a tightly-guarded Athens ceremony, after police arrest protesters shouting "Save Tibet" and waving Tibetan banners.

April 5

Russian police quickly pounce on a lone demonstrator outside the Chinese consulate as the torch bandwagon rolls into Saint Petersburg, Russia's one-time imperial capital.

April 6

British police battle to keep pro-Tibet demonstrators away from the Olympic flame as it passes through London, arresting 37 protesters who try to disrupt the high-security tour.

April 7

The torch is extinguished three times as hundreds of pro-Tibetan demonstrators disrupt its progress through Paris, resulting in a curtailed relay in the French capital.

April 8

A senior Olympic official at a meeting in Beijing raises the prospect for the first time of abandoning the international legs of the relay, amid a wave of protests targeting the flame overseas. The torch arrives in San Francisco.

Remaining schedule for the torch relay:

April 9 - San Francisco
April 11 - Buenos Aires
April 13 - Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
April 14 - Muscat (Oman)
April 16 - Islamabad
April 17 - New Delhi
April 19 - Bangkok
April 21 - Kuala Lumpur
April 22 - Jakarta
April 24 - Canberra
April 26 - Nagano (Japan)
April 27 - Seoul
April 28 - Pyongyang
April 29 - Ho Chi Minh City
May 2 - Hong Kong
May 3 - Macau
May 4-August 7 - Torch is taken around China, visiting Tibet June 19-21
August 8 - Beijing Olympics Opening ceremony.

- AFP

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