Olympic Torch

Olympic Torch Run: Not a 'Bright and Colorful Day' in Both Koreas

David Flumenbaum | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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David Flumenbaum

In North Korea, where political dissent is as rare as an Internet connection, the world got a taste of how China had envisioned the torch procession at all of its stops -- quiet, calm and Communist.

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Searching For the Olympic Spirit

Rebecca Novick | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

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Rebecca Novick

The global Olympic Torch relay has been described as "farcical" "disastrous" and "troubled". In Delhi, India, it was described to perfection by one Indian journalist -- "spiritless".

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One Image, One Moment: On the Road to the Beijing Olympics

Michelle Kraus | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Kraus

Step back and take a moment and to consider the Dalai Lama carrying the torch or stepping onto the podium at the Opening Ceremony - perhaps that would be a chance for peace.

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The Olympic Torch Relay's Nazi Origin

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't pretend that the torch protests sully some pure tradition in a way it has never before been sullied. This particular tradition began in shame, not in purity.

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A Torch to Bear

August J. Pollak | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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August J. Pollak

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Hey China: Torch this Relay

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

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Susan Kaiser Greenland

The protests this week have impacted the tenor of the conversation between the IOC and the Chinese government and helped persuade many foreign leaders to stay home. This is no small accomplishment.

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Friday Talking Points [27] -- Petraeus Week

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Thus endeth another Petraeus week on Capitol Hill. I have to say, I was impressed at the caliber of the questions asked, but severely disappointed at ...

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Olympic Torch-ure

Monroe Price | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

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Monroe Price

The Olympics is beginning to emerge as a dramatic narrative that hovers between triumph and power and a public relations nightmare.

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Olympics In "Crisis," Says Olympics Committee President

AP | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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Crisis. Disarray. Sadness. Four months before the opening of what was supposed to be the grandest Olympics in history, the head of the International O...

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Activism You Can Do: Send The Dalai Lama To The Olympics

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The world's leaders should pressure China to recognize the legitimacy of the Dalai Lama by saying they'll only attend the Olympic Ceremonies if China lets him attend as well.

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Why America Won't Boycott the Olympics

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

The only way to clearly denounce the corrupt behavior of the Chinese government is to withdraw corporate sponsorship from the Olympics.

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What They're Really Fighting for in Tibet

Abrahm Lustgarten | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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Abrahm Lustgarten

Tibet's culture has been packaged for tourism. Business is booming. But they aren't getting any of the bounty.

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McCain's Stand On The Olympics: Bush Should 'Keep His Options Open'

Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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CNN Reports: The McCain campaign has weighed in on Hillary Clinton's call for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of this year's Olympic...

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San Francisco's Olympic Torch Relay Draws Major Protests

Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home

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MSNBC reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that while she does not advocate a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, she does think that the attendance...

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On the San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay

Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The Chinese government has failed to live up to the commitments it made before being awarded the Olympic Games to improve its human rights situation. I commend those who speak out.

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The Whole World is Screaming: Free Tibet

Adrienne Maree Brown | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Adrienne Maree Brown

Tibet has a chance to raise awareness of the abuses and oppression of Chinese rule. They are raising awareness currently all along the Olympic Torch path.

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Tibet, The French, & The Rights of Man

Beth Arnold | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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Beth Arnold

Thousands of people lined the streets in Paris along the Olympic torch route, protesting China's lack of human rights and bringing attention predominantly to the Tibetan cause.

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Officials Put Out Olympic Torch 3 Times

AP | JEROME PUGMIRE and ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home

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PARIS — Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay thro...

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Raucous Protests Greet Olympic Flame

AP | BRYAN MITCHELL | Posted 04.06.2008 | Home

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LONDON — Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's hum...

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Why China's Olympics is Good for Tibet, Darfur, and Puppies and Kittens

Rebecca Novick | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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Rebecca Novick

Now, like a scenario dreamed up by Human Rights Inc., the Olympic torch is being carried across the continents of the globe, looking less like a glowing beacon of the human spirit than a symbol of violence and repression.

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China Curtails Catholic Easter Service

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.23.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Those of other faiths are facing the same kind of government "editing" that Tibetan Buddhists do -- including Tibetan Catholics who were ordered not to celebrate Easter yesterday.

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