Troubled Olympic torch arrives in Thailand (AFP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 04/18/2008 - 12:49am

The Zenkoji Temple in Nagano.<br /><br />The Buddhist temple has pulled out of plans to host a ceremony for the Olympic torch relay because of concerns over Tibet(AFP/Yoshikatsu Tsuno)AFP - The troubled Olympic torch relay arrived in Thailand on Friday, as more controversy erupted when one of the Japanese hosts dropped out in protest over China's crackdown in Tibet.




 

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