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Olympic torch relay starts amid heavy security in Bangkok
April 19, 2008
Thai torchbearers set off Saturday for the Bangkok leg of the protest-hit Beijing Olympic torch relay, witnesses said, with the flame guarded by more than 2,000 police and security officials. After a short ceremony presided over by Thailand's deputy prime minister Sanan Kachornprasart, the first of 80 runners set off from an ornate Chinese gate in Bangkok's Chinatown for the 10-kilometre (six-mile) relay. "We reaffirm our position that we clearly separate politics and sport. Thailand is ready to organise the torch relay peacefully and orderly," Sanan said.
