BEIJING — Organizers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics announced today what will be the longest torch relay in the history of the games, tracing a route that covers five continents and makes ...

BEIJING – Organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics said Thursday the torch relay will pass through Taiwan in a compromise over a highly symbolic event that the political rivals had bickered ov… ...

Lenovo ’ s design, the “ Cloud of Promise, ” was chosen over 300 competitor themes and will be carried by torchbearers around the world in the Olympic Torch Relay preceding the Beijing 2008 ...

Organizers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics announced Thursday what will be the longest torch relay in the history of the games, tracing a route that covers five continents and makes politically ...

China launched the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay Monday amid much fanfare and tight security. The torch is to travel to major cities across the globe where it is expected to be a target ...

The FINANCIAL — BEIJING, The Olympic torch has been relit in Beijing and will now travel around the world before returning to the Chinese capital for the start of the Games in 130 days' time ...

As the sound of fireworks rang out over Beijing to mark the close of the 2008 Summer Olympics, China’s leaders could have been forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief.