The eggs and tomatoes flew, the Chinese and Tibetan flags waved and a determined police force got the embattled Olympic torch through yet another city on its protest-marred world tour on its way to Beijing. ...full story at LA Times
from LA Times on Sat, Apr 26 2008
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