Special report:
2008 Olympic
Games
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Foreign media reports
saying the Olympic torch was forced to be extinguished during the relay in Paris
were false, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said early Tuesday
morning.
The modes of the relay in Paris were temporarily
changed to safeguard the security and dignity of the Olympic torch under the
circumstances there, Jiang said in a statement released by the ministry.
"The reports by foreign media are false in claiming
that the Olympic torch was forced to be extinguished during its relay in Paris,"
said Jiang.
The torch relay in Paris has now safely completed as
scheduled, she said.
China condemns disruption of Olympic
torch relay in London, Paris
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Jiang Yu said on Tuesday China strongly condemns the disruption of
the Beijing Olympic torch relay in London and Paris by "Tibet independence"
secessionists.
Jiang made the remarks when commenting on the
attempts by a handful of Tibetan separatists in London and Paris to disrupt the
Beijing Olympic torch relay on April 6 and 7. Full story
French Olympic chief, spectators
condemn disruption of Olympic torch relay in Paris
PARIS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Head of the French Olympic
Committee and spectators on Monday strongly condemned the disruption of the
Olympic torch relay here by Tibetan separatists and their supporters.
Henri Serandour, head of the French Olympic Committee
criticized the disruption as "highly regrettable." Full story
Olympic torch relay in Paris
concludes
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Spectators cheer and wave Chinese
national flags as they watch the Olympic torch relay in Paris, capital of
France，on April 7, 2008. Paris is the fifth stop of the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Xinhua
Photo)
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PARIS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay
concluded in Paris Monday afternoon, after repeated disruptions by Tibetan
separatists and their supporters which aroused indignation from spectators and
sports officials.
The torch was forced to be put on an accompanying bus
for four times in the afternoon as precautions against the protestors, a Xinhua
photographer reported. The journey was cut short and brought to the final place
by bus. Full story
