Protests meet Olympic torch in Argentina (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 04/11/2008 - 12:47pm

In this photo released by Argentina's Olympic Committee, a Chinese official holds up the Olympic torch upon its arrival at Buenos Aires International airport, Thursday, April 10, 2008.<br /><br />Argentine authorities are deploying 1,300 federal police, 1,500 naval police and some 3,000 traffic police and volunteers to protect the Olympic flame, an official said.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Leo Zavattaro/Argentina's Olympic Committee)AP - The Olympic torch is burning in Buenos Aires, its first stop since protests marred the San Francisco leg of its world tour.




 

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