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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece
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it the Athens Games was lit
hursday amid the ruins of the
ncient sanctuary where the
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ears ago.
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itarto Hera, a Greek goddess
rorshipped in Olympia during
le original games, the torch
ras lit by a Greek actress play-
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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.
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Wiens organizing committee.
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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.
A U.S. soldier also was
wounded in the fighting
Wednesday near the town of
Tap, just north of the capital,
said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt,
U.S. military’s deputy direc
tor of operations. He gave no
other details.
On Tuesday, guerrillas
attacked a patrol in the town of
Hamam al-Alil, 210 miles north
of Baghdad, wounding a U.S.
soldier, Kimmitt said. Troops
returned fire and killed one of
the attackers.
fewer than 100 days
U.S.-led occupiers
transfer power to Iraqis on
June 30, U.S. and Iraqi officials
expect Iraqi guerrillas and
foreign fighters to step up
attacks in an attempt to disrupt
handover process and try
to demonstrate that a fledgling
Iraqi government cannot con-
the country.
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