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Mon 04 Apr 2008Protests see Olympic torch relay cancelled in Paris
Police remove protesters trying to disrupt the relay run with the Olympic torch in Paris. Reuters.
The final leg of the Olympic relay through Paris was cancelled today after chaotic protests saw the Olympic torch extinguished five times before being taken to its destination on a bus in a humiliating concession to protesters decrying China's human rights record.
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