Friday, May 18, 2012

Olympic torch relay

  • The rain didnt bother Katerina Papamichail.
  • (Time)
  • London 2012 Olympic Games ambassador David Beckham reacts after lighting the Olympic torch with a cauldron after arriving at RNAS Culdrose base near Helston in Cornwall on May 18, 2012.
  • (Times of India)
  • Over 8,000 people will carry the Olympic torch around the UK after it starts its journey at 7AM on Saturday at Lands End in Cornwall.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • David Beckham describes the special flight from Athens with the Olympic Torch and how proud he is to be part of the Olympics.
  • (ITV)
  • ATHENS, Greece -- The Olympic torch was passed to London – witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay which will culminate in the opening ceremony of the London Games.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • David Beckham with the torch during the ceremony to mark the arrival of the Olympic flame, at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall. Credit: PA Wire The Olympic Flame will today begin its 70-day tour of the UK.
  • (ITV)
  • So the Olympic torch has been lit (then relit when the wind blew it out). People have wept. And at 7am sharp on Saturday 19 May, the marathon 70-day, 8,000-mile relay around the four corners of Britain will begin, at Lands End in Cornwall.
  • (The Guardian)
  • Churches are being asked to pray during the 70-day Olympic Games torch relay when it gets underway in England this Saturday.
  • (Christian Post)
  • LONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested 3 senior Irish dissidents and charged them with a range of terror offenses.
  • (Sun Sentinel)

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