Norman Bellingham (R), chief Operating Officer of the United States Olympic Committee, gives the torch to torchbearer Lin Li at the McCovey Cove, the start of the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


Torchbearer Edwin M. Lee (L), the city administrator of San Francisco, and a female torchbearer run with the torch in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

(SAN FRANCISCO, April 9) -- The Beijing Olympic flame continued its world journey on the sixth day in San Francisco, the United States at 1:20 p.m. (0620GMT) on April 9, 2008 from the city's McCovey Cove behind AT&T Park.


Torchbearer Lin Li, Olympic swimming champion, holds the torch at the McCovey Cove, the start of the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Former Olympic champion, swimmer Lin Li holds the Olympic flame as the first torchbearer. As the only North American city in the planned relay route, San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.


Torchbearer Lin Li, Olympic swimming champion, displays the torch at the McCovey Cove, the start of the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


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     Buenos Aires (Photo credit: China Foto Press)

The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is Argentina's Capital. It has an autonomous form of government, with own legislation power and jurisdiction and its governor is directly elected by its citizens.

Its area is of 203 sq km and its population is around 3,000,000 inhabitants.

The Río de La Plata and the Riachuelo are the natural borders of the City on the east and south, respectively. The rest of the metropolitan perimeter is surrounded by Av. General Paz, that bounds the city from north to west. Buenos Aires is connected to the interior of the country and to border countries through a large network of transports which connection points are a port that receives cruisers and ferries, two airports -- the international airport: Ministro Pistarini at Ezeiza at 22 km (14 miles) from the Obelisk, and the domestic airport: Jorge Newbery, at 6 km (3.7 miles) from downtown --, railroad tracks, highways, national roads and a passengers terminal station at 1 km from downtown.

Population: 2,970,950

Climate: Mild with maritime influence.

Average temperature: 10º C – 50°F (winter) / 24º C – 77°F (summer).

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The Olympic flame of the 2008 Olympic Games arrived at 17:00 local time (20:00 GMT) Thursday at Ezeiza international airport from San Francisco. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


BUENOS AIRES, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame of the 2008 Olympic Games arrived at 17:00 local time (20:00 GMT) Thursday at Ezeiza international airport from San Francisco.

The Olympic flame is visiting for the first time Argentina's capital, which has dressed up to receive it. The torch relay on Friday will include 80 people in its 13.8 km tour throughout the city.

The icon of the Olympic Games arrived in the only Spanish speaking city of the 135 cities chosen for the 33-day 137,000 km world tour.

Buenos Aires is the ninth stop in the flame's world tour, the longest in the Olympic history.

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    The last torchbearer Gabriela Sabatini kindles the flame cauldron.

BUENOS AIRES, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The 2008 Olympic torch relay concluded in Buenos Aires after a 13.8 kilometer journey through the capital city of Argentina on Friday.

This is the first time in Olympic history that the Olympic flame passed through the Latin American city.


   Triple Olympic medal winner Carlos Espinola holds the torch.

In the ceremony which kicked off the torch relay at Lola Mora amphitheatre in the port district, mayor Mauricio Macri said he was proud that Buenos Aires being selected as "the Latin American representatives" in the Olympic torch relay.

The mayor said that "it is a great joy to be the hosts of a party like the one is taking place today, it is a proud to be the Latin American representatives" in Olympic torch relay.

"The Olympic Games is a moment of brotherhood, of life time sharing, that feed us and made us better as society. We hope to beat the high of the expectations", the mayor said.

The mayor then handed the torch to the first runner, triple Olympic medal winner Carlos "Camau" Espinola who said afterwards that he was hornored to be the first torchbearer.

The 36-year-old sailor, who had won two silver and one bronze medals at previous Olympic Games, said he would try to fulfill his "golden dream" at the Beijing Olympic Games.

80 torchbearers took part in the relay through Buenos Aires, among them are field hockey player Vanina Oneto, cyclist Juan Curuchet, swimmer Georgina Bardach, waterskier Jorge Renosto and other sportsmen and former sportsmen.

Large crowds lined the relay route to mark the historic moment of the city and the torch relay turned out to be a "festive event" as promised by Julio Cassanello, president of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA).

Cassanello, who is in Beijing to attend the 16th conference of national and regional Olympic committees, said on Thursday "we will make the torch relay a festive event for all in Buenos Aires and in Argentina".

"The Olympics is about peace of the world, not violence. We will make the torch relay in Argentina a festive event," said the COA president.

The Olympic flame will leave on Friday afternoon for Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania.

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Liu Jingmin (L), the executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), walks out of the cabin with the lantern which holds the Olympic flame in his hands at the airport in Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, April 12, 2008. Dar es Salaam is the eighth leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay global tour outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

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DAR ES SALAAM, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic flame reached Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, on Saturday night. Dar es Salaam is the eighth leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay global tour outside the Chinese mainland.


Liu Jingmin (R), the executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), shows the lantern which holds the Olympic flame with the Tanzanian Minister of Information, Culture and Sports Geoge Mkuchika (C) and Dar es Salaam City Mayor Adam Kimbisa at the airport in Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, April 12, 2008. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


Liu Jingmin, the executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), walks out of the cabin with the lantern which holds the Olympic flame in his hands at the airport in Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, April 12, 2008. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


Folk performance is held to welcome the Beijing Olympic flame at the airport in Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, April 12, 2008. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


Folk performance is held to welcome the Beijing Olympic flame at the airport in Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, April 12, 2008. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


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               Updated：2008-04-14
   UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT Anna Tibaijuka lights the flame cauldron.

(DAR ES SALAAM, April 13) -- The former capital of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, hosted a successful torch relay on April 13, supported by thousands of fans who crowded the streets to welcome the sacred flame.

Since the torch relay tradition began in 1936, this is the first time that an eastern African country has hosted the sacred flame. In this year's torch relay, Tanzania is the only African country on the worldwide route.

On Sunday, Dar es Salaam's clouds were heavy with water; sure enough, rain drops pounded down on the streets of the city prior to the start of the relay. Intermittent drizzle continued after the first torchbearer, Tanzanian Minister of State for Union Affairs in Vice President's Office Mohamed Seif Khatib successfully passed the torch.

From the Dar es Salaam railway station of the TAZARA to the Tanzanian National Stadium, 80 torchbearers traveled the five-kilometer route without any major incidents.

UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT Anna Tibaijuka delivered the sacred flame to its final destination in Africa, the Tanzanian National Stadium, where Liu Jingmin, Vice-Mayor of Beijing and Executive Vice-President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) gave a speech describing the friendship between China and Tanzania.

On Sunday evening, the flame will take off for destination number nine on the global relay route, Muscat, Oman.


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              Updated：2008-04-13 From：Xinhuanet

Habib Macki (R, 2nd), vice chairman of the OOC (Oman Olympic Committee), briefs the preparation works for the torch relay in Muscat during the torchbearer reception meeting on April 12 in Muscat, Oman. Muscat is the ninth leg of the global journey. The Olympic flame will arrive in Muscat in early morning on April 14 from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.


MUSCAT, April 12 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) Saturday said that his country is ready for the upcoming Beijing Olympic torch relay in the Omani capital of Muscat.

The Olympic flame will arrive in Muscat in early morning on April 14 from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Habib Macki, vice chairman of the OOC, briefed the preparation works for the torch relay in Muscat, the ninth leg of the global journey.

He said Oman is a safe country with a harmonious society, stressing that the organizers have taken necessary measures to secure the process of the torch relay.

According to the organizers, the starting point of the torch relay is at Al Bustan roundabout in the eastern part of the coast city, where lies the duplicate of an ancient Omani wooden boat that sailed to China more than 1,000 years ago.


Local torchbearers in Muscat leg display torchbear dress during the torchbearer reception meeting on April 12 in Muscat, Oman. Muscat is the ninth leg of the global journey. The Olympic flame will arrive in Muscat in early morning on April 14 from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The 20-km-long route of the torch relay, which will start at local time 5:00 p.m. (1300 GMT) on April 14, stretched along the coast, old Muscat and ended at Al Qurm Natural Park in central Muscat.

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MUSCAT, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame wrapped up its journey in Europe, America, and Africa, going back to Asia with a relay on Monday in the Omani capital of Muscat, the only stop in the Arab world.

The city's relay started from Al Bustan, six kilometers east of Muscat, where the duplicate of an ancient Suhar sailing boat is located.

The antique Suhar boat from which the replica is copied visited Guangzhou, China, about 1,000 years ago. This piece of history indicates a long connection and friendship between the two countries.

"The renewed Suhar visited Guangzhou, a southern city of China, in the 80s of the last century. It's a repeat of an ancient pioneering navigation and it's a symbol marking the long friendship between the two countries," said Fatik Bin Fahar, undersecretary of the Ministry of Heritage & Culture, who was the second torchbearer in the Muscat relay..

Hundreds of pupils chanted "China, China" through Sidab Street as a special way of greeting the Olympic flame.

The relay's 20 kilometer journey took the sacred flame through Sidab Harbor, Al Alam Palace, Muscat Gate Museum, and Al Mina Rings before reaching the final celebration site, Al Qurm Natural Park.

The first torchbearer was Sayyid Shihab bin Tareq al Said, advisor and cousin of Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said, and former president of the Oman Football Association.

The honor of lighting the cauldron was given to Macki Habib, vice president of the Oman Olympic Committee.

Rahma Marhoon, an athlete for the Beijing Paralympics, was the only disabled torchbearer. "I don't know much about China in the past, but now I get a chance to visit China," said Marhoon.

"It's a good chance to learn about China. I believe the Beijing Olympic Games will be a great success. Each Olympic Games progresses from the last one, so it's the same for the Beijing Games."

When asked about the protests in London and Paris, Marhoon joked that she had to hold her torch firmly. "It's quite safe here, I don't need to worry about that," she said.

Muscat is the capital and largest city of the Sultanate of Oman.. The governorate of Muscat has an estimated population of 600,000. The greater metropolitan area of Muscat, also known locally as the "Capital Area," currently covers an area of approximately 1,500 square kilometers.

In general, Muscat presents a relatively homogeneous appearance of low (rarely more than five storey), generally white buildings, with residential, government, and commercial architecture frequently recalling, at least by allusion, historic regional styles. For a city at the edge of the Arabian peninsula and in Oman's sometimes fierce climate, Muscat is remarkably green, with tree-lined main streets linking the various districts, several sizable public parks, and grass, shrubs, and flowers decorating many traffic circles and other public areas.

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                   President of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Syed Arif Hasan
ISLAMABAD, April 14 (Xinhua) -- All arrangements are in place for Beijing Olympic torch relay in Pakistan, President of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Syed Arif Hasan Monday said at a news briefing here.

Addressing reporters at the Jinnah Sports Complex here, Hasan said Pakistan had made all necessary preparations to make the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Islamabad a success.

Hasan disclosed the procedure of the torch relay which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday. "We are going to receive the torch on the morning of April 16," Hasan said, "the proceeding will start with a torch lighting ceremony and thereafter the relay will start after which will be a cauldron lighting ceremony."

A short entertainment program will follow the cauldron lighting ceremony and participants will be shown good fireworks at the end of the proceeding, he said. A total of 65 torchbearers mostly athletes will participate in the torch relay, Hasan said.

Lv Xiaohong, an advanced media coordinator from Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, showed the torch named Lucky Cloud. She briefly introduced the "journey of harmony" taken by the Beijing Olympic torch and thanked POA and Pakistan for their support of the torch relay in Islamabad.

Islamabad is the tenth leg for the Beijing Olympic torch relay. The Beijing Olympic torch will go to New Delhi, capital of India after its relay in Islamabad.



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                 Delhi
New Delhi, the capital and the third largest city of India is a fusion of the ancient and the modern. Standing along the West End of Gangetic Plain, the capital city, Delhi, unwinds a picture rich with culture, architecture and human diversity, deep in history, monuments, museums, galleries, gardens and exotic shows. Comprising of two contrasting yet harmonious parts, the Old Delhi and New Delhi, the city is a travel hub of Northern India.

Narrating the city's Mughal past, Old Delhi, takes you through the labyrinthine streets passing through formidable mosques, monuments and forts. You will also discover lively and colorful bazaars that boast to cater all sorts of good and items at mind-blowing prices amidst a barely controlled chaotic ambience. The imperial city of New Delhi displays the finely curved architecture of British Raj.

It generates a mesmerizing charm reflecting well-composed and spacious streets under the shade of beautifully lined avenues of trees and tall and imposing government buildings.

New Delhi has expanded and now encompasses residential and commercial development to the west and south, plus the satellite towns of Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad.

Delhi has overtaken Mumbai & Kolkata in recent years to become the most vibrant creative art center in India. The city has more than twenty five galleries. Conducted tours, seminars, film shows and study classes on art appreciation, history and conservation are frequently organized. Most of the performing art centers are around Mandi House and Bhagwan Das Road.

There is an amazing range of activity from cultural walks, talks, theatre productions and art exhibitions to films by Indian and foreign directors. One can find an option at the Habitat World at Lodhi Road as well as Siri Fort at Khel Gaon.

Area : 1483 sq. Kms.

Altitude : 239 m above sea level

Population : 1,3782976 (2001 census)

Males : 51.21 million Females : 42.49 million

Literacy rate : 81.82%

Density : 9294 persons per sq. Km.

Languages : Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi

Climate : Extreme Hot in Summer and Cold in Winter

Maximum Temperature : 46 Degree Celcius

Minimum Temperature : 04 Degree Celcius

Winter : December - February

Spring : March to mid April

Summer : April end to August

Autumn : September to November

Best time to Visit : October to March

River : Yamuna

(Credit: Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation. Click here for further information.)


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Updated：2008-04-16 From：Xinhuanet

Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), walks out of the cabin with the lantern which holds the Olympic flame at the airport in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, April 16, 2008. Islamabad is the tenth leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay global tour outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic flame arrived in Pakistani capital Islamabad at 0:25 local time (1925GMT) for the 10th leg of its global tour.

The Olympic flame, carried in a specially-designed lantern, wasflied to Islamabad on a chartered plane from Muscat, the capital and largest city of the Sultanate of Oman.

Upon arrival, the Olympic flame and the whole delegation were welcomed by a cheering crowd, among whom are President of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Arif Hassan, Pakistan's Sports Minister Muhammad Asif and Chairman of Capital Development Authority KamranLashari as well as Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui.

The flame delegation is headed by Jiang Xiaoyu, vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), who carried the flame lantern.

The POA president said he has got "great feelings" after offering a bunch of flowers to Jiang.

The Olympic torch relay, the first time for Islamabad, will start on Wednesday afternoon in southeast Islamabad's Pakistan Sports Complex, a sports project constructed in mid-1980s with assistance from China.

Local media said Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani are likely to attend the torch relay ceremony. There are 65 torch bearers in the relay, including 10 women.

Following the stop of Islamabad, the Olympic torch relay will go to New Delhi of India.


Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), walks out of the cabin with the lantern which holds the Olympic flame at the airport in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, April 16, 2008. Islamabad is the tenth leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay global tour outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
The 2008 Olympic flame was ignited on March 24 in ancient Olympia of Greece and was handed over to Beijing on March 31 after a six-day relay in Greece.

The 130-day torch relay will cover 137,000 kilometers before the flame returns to Beijing and enters the National Stadium on Aug. 8 for the Olympics' opening ceremony.

A total of 21,880 torch bearers will be participating in the unprecedented relay, which is held under the theme of "Journey of Harmony."





Jiang Xiaoyu (C), executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui (L) and President of the Pakistan Olympic Association Syed Arif Hassan take photos with the Olympic flame at the airport in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, April 16, 2008. Islamabad is the tenth leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay global tour outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

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