French torchbearers were to be encircled by several hundred officers, some in riot police vehicles and on motorcycles, others on skates and on foot. Three boats were also to patrol the Seine River, and a helicopter was to fly over Paris, police said.**********
UPDATE: Breaking Metaphor Alert
-- PARIS -- Security officials canceled the final run of the Olympic relay through Paris after chaotic protests Monday, sending a snuffed-out torch to its destination on a bus in a humiliating concession to protesters decrying China's human rights record.Yeah, sure... let's just pretend everything's ok.
The bus stopped right outside the final stop, a stadium, so a runner could finish the last 15 feet of the relay.
It works for China.
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