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Olympia 2008 – the Olympic flame on its way

The Olympic torch was lit on Monday, March 31 in China's capital Beijing. The flame was brought at first the antic Olympia to the Panathinaikon Stadium in Athens. With the hope that the message of peace will take place throughout the world Olympic Committee president Hellenic, Minos Kyriakou, handed the flame over the head of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Liu Qi.

There were about 10,000 spectators at the ceremony. From Athens, the flame was carried to Beijing by special flight of the airline Air China. The plane had the inscription "Journey of Harmony" and China's national colors of red and yellow. National television and hundreds of school children with Chinese and Olympic flags in their hands were awaiting the arrival.

Liu Qi carried the flame off the plane on a small flashlight and the red carpet leading to the Gate of Heavenly Peace. There, the head of the head of state and party lit the torch and handed it to China's most famous athlete, hurdler Liu Xiang.

Because of worries about the protests, as he had been in the lighting ceremony at the historic site of Olympia in Greece, the one-hour event was accompanied by severe security measures. Several policemen were present the area, even on the roofs of the surrounding area. Traffic was temporarily halted some subway stations were blocked and pedestrians and cyclists stayed away.

To avoid industrial action had no information on the details of the ceremony until Sunday. Unfortunately the organizers could not keep away from all demonstrators, but the actions of these are not shown on TV, because the alleged "public display" was actually transmitted with a delay of one minute. In Tiananmen Square were only 5000 spectators imitated allowed, including 220 foreign journalists. Some of the invited journalists were originally due to reasons safety, withdrew the invitation.

Most European politicians stayed away from the ceremony. The Czech Foreign Minister Karl Schwarzenberg had called for a boycott of the opening ceremony. The reasons for the absence of several politicians, as personal or political reasons are not known. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said his absence had nothing to do with a boycott. She had decided not to travel to Beijing long before the time differences with Tibet began.

The ceremony was accompanied by a spectacular program, such as circus acrobatics and dance folklore also some Tibetans in traditional dress took part. Xi of China Jinping Vice satisfied that the secular dream of the Chinese nation to organize the Olympic Games finally came true.

During the following 130 days the torch will make its journey across the world. Planning is a relay in 20 countries with a distance of more than 137,000 kilometers across five continents. This will be the torch relay longest in Olympic history. Highlight the relay will be conducting the flame to the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest. To this feeling has not deviated as part of a flame to bring it to the base camp of Tibetans to the holy mountain. However, still not sure if this part of the route will take place. The human rights group Human Rights Watch 'demands independent investigation of the riot before torch can be carried through Tibet.

On Wednesday the torch was taken first to the Kazakh city of Almaty and is supposed to come to China again on 4 May 2008. Next, take you through more than 100 Chinese cities. At the same time, the Dalai Lama sent a torch in his way, the "Flame of Independence. The torch was lit in the Indian city of Dharamsala, where is located the exiled spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetan Buddhists.

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