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Article: ATHOC unveils Olympic Torch Relay program in Greece
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- January 14, 2004
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ATHOC unveils Olympic Torch Relay program in Greece
ATHENS, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Athens 2004 Olympic Organizing
Committee (ATHOC) unveiled here Wednesday a plan for Olympic Torch
Relay route and officially launched the torchbearer selection program
for the Greek leg of the relay.
According to the plan, during the first part of Greek torch relay,
the flame will be lit in ancient Olympia on March 25, 2004 - the
anniversary of the first modern Olympics held in Athens in 1896 - and
then travel in one week till March 31 to the Panathenian
"Kallimarmaron" stadium in Athens, where it will remain until June 4.
During the second part of Greek torch relay, the flame will travel
across the country ...