City of Beijing is under alert since the begining of the week because of a virus which appeared in Province of Anhui in March and which is now touching people in Beijing.

This virus called “feet, hands and mouth” contamite especially children and sensitive people. It makes them appear buttons on feet, hands and mouth, and in several cases meningitis which caused 26 death since march. Read the rest of this entry »

Today is the day of the “100 days to go until Beijing Olympic Games”.At this occasion, celebrations will be organised tomorrow in China like a race for about 10 000 runners that will go past near the “bird nest” stadium and the “water cube”.

This day will be chose to reveal singers who will perform the Beijing’s Games Anthem too. 300 celebrities will sing this song for the first time to celebrate this important day. Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry I spoke too quickly !

Yesterday I told you that calm was back on the torch relay since San Francisco, but today in New Delhi, events from militants was back again.
In spite of 16 000 policemen, the race in town finished after only 30 minutes with around 200 arrests of militants too excited or violent.

Calm in previous town is already finish and the olympic torch relay is about to be more and more difficult.. Read the rest of this entry »

After London, Paris and San Francisco events caused by protestants and rebels against chinese politics and Tibet’s situation, the torch relay are becoming again a traditional and calm celebration.

Since Buenos Aires (Argentina), Dar es Salam (Tanzania) and Mascate (Oman), olympic relay return quiet and peaceful.
Of course huge security dispositives are set up in order to face to any attacks of the flame. Read the rest of this entry »

St. Petersburg Vice Governor Sergei Borisovich Tarasov received the Olympic flame and accompanying guests on April 4 at the airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, the third city on the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay outside of the Chinese mainland. Read the rest of this entry »

A guard inspected the Olympic flame safety lantern on April 4 aboard the chartered Air China flight from Istanbul, Turkey, to St. Petersburg, Russia, the third city on the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay route outside of the Chinese mainland. Read the rest of this entry »

St. Petersburg is ready for the arrival of the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay, said the president of St. Petersburg’s sport committee at a press conference on April 1.
The Torch Relay will kick off at 10:30 a.m. local time on April 5 and travel a distance of20.4 km. The route will pass through St. Petersburg’s city center before reaching its final stop at the Winter Palace, which is located on the bank of the Neva River. Read the rest of this entry »

A torchbearer confined to a wheelchair said that the sacred flame was a flame of hope for her and that becoming a torchbearer meant that her dream has come true.

Gizem Girismen, 26, gold medalist of the Cheongju 2007 IPC Archery World Championships in the Republic of Korea (ROK), is very excited about her participation in the Olympic torch relay. Read the rest of this entry »

The Chinese ambassador to Turkey, Sun Guoxiang, was the 40th torchbearer during the torch relay in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul on Wednesday.

After he ran from the middle of the Eurasia Bridge for a distance of 200m, he proudly gave voice to his pride by stating that he is the first Chinese torchbearer to run from Europe to Asia.

As the 40th torchbearer, he explained that it was through the Turkish Olympic Committee’s special arrangement that he was able to hold the torch for the run through the two continents. Read the rest of this entry »

The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Istanbul concluded here on Thursday as the last of the 80 torchbearers arrived at the destination of Taksim Square in Istanbul’s downtown and lit the cauldron.

The last torchbearer Taner Sagir, a rare weighlifting talent who seized the gold medal of the 77-kg category in the Athen Olympics and became the youngest Olympic champion in the weightlifting history, ran onto the square in the New City in Istanbul’s European part amid loud clapping and cheers. Read the rest of this entry »