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Protesters Rally Against Torch. Paris Cops Put out Olympic Torch
Apparently there are a group of protestors in Paris that don’t support the Olympics in Beijing China.
Protesters in Paris, France forced authorities to extinguish the Olympic torch five times throughout the day, cancelling the final leg of the Olympic torch run. The reason for the activists strong protest and their attempts to extinguish the Olympic flame was to show their anger towards the human rights record in China.
The last time the Olympic torch was put out was when the torch came to Panathinaiko Stadium, the stadium of the 2004 Olympics, and it was blown out by high winds. And before then, the torch was extinguished in Montreal, Canada for the 1976 Summer Olympics after a heavy rainstorm.
Source: Fox Sports, Wikipedia
