Posted AT 6:26 AM EDT on 24/03/08
Protest disrupts Olympic flame-lighting ceremony
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, GREECE — Two men carrying the flag of a free-press group ran onto the field of the stadium in Ancient Olympia during Monday's flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, evading massive security aimed at preventing such disruptions in the wake of China's crackdown in Tibet.
The incident occurred while Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee and Beijing Communist Party Secretary, was giving a speech.
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