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IORLD Friday, March 26, 2004 NEWS IN BRIEF Name to bum at ^ nthens Games lit khi Jn birthplace of lympics ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece AP) —The flame that will burn it the Athens Games was lit hursday amid the ruins of the ncient sanctuary where the )lympics were born 2,780 ears ago. In a ceremony held at an itarto Hera, a Greek goddess rorshipped in Olympia during le original games, the torch ras lit by a Greek actress play- igthe role of a high priestess. Thalia Prokopiou, one of two lozen women that took part in e ceremony, placed a silver orch inside a burnished-steel encave mirror. The sun’s rays hen ignited the torch. “Today the Olympic flame will e reborn yet again to enfold he whole world in its light. This pm J 5 the day that all of us have j ieen waiting for so eagerly,” aid Gianna Angelopoulos- )askalaki, president of the Wiens organizing committee. During the ceremony, 3 rokopiou intoned a prayer to he ancient Greek god Apollo (or the sun to shine. “Apollo god of the sun and If he idea of light send your rays light the sacred torch for fyfor ilifyioj fualil'i, il record undtinn Herpes :tionbj ist tlie pages id. “Tliei HP^up, ;he hospitable city of Athens,” ■that's she said. ie the II look i npete." :ve the) s into a leycan; icy, and iely be [12. is the m, but results if we j results to fim w, and t aiierofttff D O' Security forces clash with demonstrators as Ivory Coast protest begins DS C. icel^' ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Security forces killed 11 demonstrators in Ivory Coast Thursday as a massive march to demand implementa tion of a peace deal got under way in the tank-guarded com mercial capital, an opposition spokesman said. The protesters were killed in liferent parts of the West African city as security forces tried to disperse crowds, said Bacongo Cisse, a spokesman for the main opposition Rally the Republicans party. The government had no immediate comment. “The demonstration will con tinue. We will do everything to arrive in Plateau,” Cisse said, referring to the march’s destination — the downtown business district that is home to the presidential palace and key ministries. Cisse said two of dead were lot Thursday by a helicopter [[unship in the southern Port Bouet neighborhood. The march was called to press President Laurent Gbagbo to fully implement a 2003 peace deal and would be first large-scale protest against the government since end of a nine-month civil war last year. U.S. soldier killed amid warnings that attacks will increase n run-up to transfer of power BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Insurgents attacked a patrol north of Baghdad, sparking a gunbattle that killed a U.S. soldier and three rebels on Wednesday amid warnings attacks will likely increase fewer than 100 days left before the coalition hands over sovereignty. 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