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Sort by Shanghaiist (Free subscription) - 07/04/2008
We told you yesterday about the chaos and protests surrounding the London leg of the Olympic torch relay, well now you can see all the fun and games for yourself. In addition to the videos embedded after the jump, the BBC has a blow by blow account of all the major flashpoints on the route as well as video footage of each one, while Londonist has a series of pictures (including the one embedded here)...
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Sort by SacredFacts (Free subscription) - 07/04/2008
Philip Trippinbach points out that some of the "crowd-sourced" video of the Olympic torch protest in London was better than the BBC's. And rightly says with more and more amateur video on the web we'll see more of this...
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Sort by Phawker (Free subscription) - 07/04/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUtT4QeGlE Or trying to, anyway. This is INSANE. Can’t believe the Chinese government thought this torch thing was gonna work out for them. Touring across the globe, the torch is like the world’s greatest car chase, and it shines a light on Tibet from now to the lighting ceremony. Burn, baby, burn.
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Sort by Go Smell The Flowers! (Free subscription) - 07/04/2008
Arvind
here, reflecting on how the Olympic torch arrived in London yesterday amidst snow, Tibet protestors, heavy-handed policing and a number of arrests.
With the continuing unrest in Tibet and amidst the subsequent Chinese clampdown, the journey of the torch through London on Sunday was marked by “Free Tibet” demonstrators as well as pro-China demonstators. Politics and sport got intertwined...