International Business News - Torch http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The Olympic flame made one of its final relays Thursday on the eve of the Olympic Games opening ceremony as torchbearers carried it along the ancient Great Wall of China. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/104027-china-olympics-torch-relay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/olympic-flame-sets-off-on-final-relay.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/olympic-flame-sets-off-on-final-relay.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:15:19 EDT The Olympic flame approached the final destination of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/103732-china-olympics-torch-relay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/olympic-torch-finishes-china-earthquake-zone-tour.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/olympic-torch-finishes-china-earthquake-zone-tour.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:33:12 EDT The Olympic flame was carried Monday around the track of a stadium that just weeks ago housed thousands of Chinese earthquake victims, in celebrations marking the final stages of the global torch relay. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102870-olympics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/olympic-torch-arrives-earthquake-disaster-zone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/olympic-torch-arrives-earthquake-disaster-zone.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:12:25 EDT The Olympic flame will be carried Monday around the track of a stadium that just weeks ago housed thousands of Chinese earthquake victims, as muted celebrations begin in one of the final stages of the global torch relay. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102777-china-olympics-torch-relay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/olympic-torch-arrives-in-earthquake-disaster-zone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/olympic-torch-arrives-in-earthquake-disaster-zone.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:03:29 EDT Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102451-china-olympics-torch-relay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/olympic-torch-reaches-earthquake-ravaged-sichuan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/olympic-torch-reaches-earthquake-ravaged-sichuan.htm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:29:39 EDT Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/olympic-torch-reaches-earthquake-ravaged-sichuan.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:21:53 EDT Chinese state media say 22 rescuers who helped victims of May's devastating earthquake have been chosen as torchbearers for the Olympic torch. The official Xinhua News Agency says soldiers, firefighters and civil servants will carry the Olympic torch as it passes through central Henan province on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97580-china-moving-on.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/earthquake-rescuers-carry-olympic-torch.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/earthquake-rescuers-carry-olympic-torch.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:41:44 EDT Chinese state media say 22 rescuers who helped victims of May's devastating earthquake have been chosen as torchbearers for the Olympic torch. The official Xinhua News Agency says soldiers, firefighters and civil servants will carry the Olympic torch as it passes through central Henan province on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/earthquake-rescuers-carry-olympic-torch.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:50:12 EDT Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops stood watch and hand-picked onlookers cheered as the Olympic torch passed through the Tibetan capital on Saturday, the scene of bloody anti-government riots three months earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76839-china-olympic-torch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080622/olympic-torch-paraded-through-tibet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080622/olympic-torch-paraded-through-tibet.htm Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:42:45 EDT Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops stood watch and hand-picked onlookers cheered as the Olympic torch passed through the Tibetan capital on Saturday, the scene of bloody anti-government riots three months earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76450-china-olympic-torch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/olympic-torch-paraded-through-tibet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/olympic-torch-paraded-through-tibet.htm Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:19:38 EDT The Olympic torch made its way Saturday through Tibet's sealed-off capital, site of a March crackdown on rioting that helped fuel demonstrations at some of the flame's international stops. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76304-china-olympic-torch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/olympic-flame-on-visit-to-isolated-tibet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/olympic-flame-on-visit-to-isolated-tibet.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:09:57 EDT Shops and roads were closed and people were kept off the streets Wednesday as part of a huge security effort to safeguard the Olympic torch as it wound its way through this predominantly Muslim city in China's restive far west. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74214-china-olympic-torch-relay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/security-heavy-for-olympic-flame-in-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/security-heavy-for-olympic-flame-in-china.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:18:02 EDT Organizers of the Olympic torch relay say the flame will reach Tibet on Saturday in a one-day stop that has been shrouded in secrecy. The torch will reach Lhasa after winding through Xinjiang province, also in China's restive west. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/olympic-torch-to-reach-tibet-saturday.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:16:51 EDT Tight security surrounded the Olympic flame Tuesday as it began its journey through China's restive Muslim western region of Xinjiang. Security agents jogged on either side of torchbearers and hundreds of police and military watched subdued crowds as the flame wound its way through Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi. Although state media has warned of the threat from separatists they claim are linked with global terrorism, no disruptions were reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74053-china-olympic-torch-relay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/olympic-torch-arrives-in-chinas-west.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/olympic-torch-arrives-in-chinas-west.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:06:29 EDT Organizers of the Olympic torch relay said Monday the flame's arrival in Tibet would be postponed, but declined to give an exact date for the torch's journey through the region, which has been shrouded in secrecy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/72682-nepal-tibetan-protest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/olympic-torchs-arrival-in-tibet-postponed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/olympic-torchs-arrival-in-tibet-postponed.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:54:00 EDT The controversial Tibetan leg of the Olympic torch relay has been cut to just one day because of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, a Beijing Olympics official said Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/54836-china-olympic-torch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080525/china-shortens-tibet-leg-of-olympic-torch-relay.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080525/china-shortens-tibet-leg-of-olympic-torch-relay.htm Sun, 25 May 2008 09:00:06 EDT Victims of China's devastating earthquake were remembered with a moment of silence Thursday as the Olympic torch's march to Beijing restarted its journey. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/52410-china-earthquake-olympic-torch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/quake-victims-remembered-at-torch-relay-in-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/quake-victims-remembered-at-torch-relay-in-china.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 05:29:54 EDT The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/52357-china-earthquake-olympic-torch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/olympic-torch-relay-resumes-after-earthquake-mourning.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/olympic-torch-relay-resumes-after-earthquake-mourning.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 01:36:13 EDT The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/52155-china-olympic-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/olympic-torch-relay-to-resume-after-earthquake-mourning.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/olympic-torch-relay-to-resume-after-earthquake-mourning.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 22:53:21 EDT China is suspending the Olympic torch relay for three days as part of a national mourning for earthquake victims. Beijing Olympic organizers said in a statement that the suspension starts Monday _ one week after the earthquake struck. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48837-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/china-suspends-torch-relay-for-3-days-of-mourning.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/china-suspends-torch-relay-for-3-days-of-mourning.htm Sun, 18 May 2008 07:38:16 EDT