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The Ongoing Olympic Torch Relay Brings Fresh Nightmares and Memories of 1980

By Ralph Routon
Colorado Springs Independent | April 29, 2008
Thanks to the IOC, China has the opportunity to use the world stage in August as a platform for propaganda. And that awful word, boycott, has seeped back into the Olympic movement's consciousness. You have to wonder what might happen if the situation escalates much more.
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Tags: China, Olympic Torch, Olympics, protests, Tibet, Jimmy Carter, boycott, Moscow, sports & fitness

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