Protests at Argentine torch rally (BBC)

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Source: BBC

Protesters have gathered in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, where the Olympic torch is being paraded.

Authorities are mounting a major security operation, keen to avoid the disruption that marred the flame's progress through the UK, US and France.

Several thousand police and marshals have lined the 13km (8-mile) route the torch will follow through Buenos Aires.

But anti-China activists protesting against the Beijing Games have promised "entertaining surprises".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7343138.stm

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Evidently, it's not the Olympic Torch anymore. It's the Chinese Torch. That's the new perception.

That's what happens when you decide to treat a dictatorial, oppresive oligarchy like a respectable member of the family of nations.

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1. Way to go, Argentina! nt