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Sports › Olympic torch relay to be guarded by 5 co-runners, 100 police in Nagano

Each torchbearer for the Japan leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay on Saturday will be encircled by five riot police force members donning sportswear… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Wed, Apr 23 2008

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23 Apr 08 visit Riot police to guard torchbearers  »  Japan Times NAGANO (Kyodo) Each torchbearer for the Nagano leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay on Saturday will be encircled by five riot police officers in sportswear, who will in turn be surrounded by around 100 uniformed police officers forming two columns on...
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