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France's Stephane Diagana carries the Olympic torch in Paris, where protests interrupted the relay.
(By Christophe Ena -- Associated Press)
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Olympic Torch Attracts Heated Protests
· The Olympic torch had its 17.4-mile trip through Paris cut short yesterday after protesters in the French capital disrupted its journey at several points.
A few demonstrators got within a few feet of the Olympic symbol, and one person managed to throw water on it but did not succeed in dousing the flame.
Amid the chaos, the torch was snuffed out by officials and moved by bus five times.
The activists were protesting China's record on human rights, especially in the region of Tibet. The Olympic Games are being held in China this August.
Supporters of China held their own demonstration in Paris.
The torch is lit daily by the flame from a lantern kept nearby. That flame was lit in Greece a few weeks ago and has continued to burn, causing one French sports official to say yesterday: "The torch has been extinguished, but the flame is still there."
More than two dozen arrests were made, officials said.
On Sunday the torch was in London, England, where more than three dozen people were arrested for protesting.
A Difficult History
· Life in Ancient Egypt, depicted in tomb paintings as rich and cushy, wasn't that way for everyone.
Ordinary people had harsh lives, doing heavy labor and lacking a healthy diet, says a study of human remains buried at Amarna, briefly Egypt's capital more than 3,000 years ago.
Some youths had spinal injuries and broken bones, probably from accidents while building the city, the researchers said. And the average height of the men was 5 feet 2, suggesting that their diet lacked protein.
