Nepal had agreed to a Chinese request to not allow Everest expeditions in the buildup to the Beijing games when the Olympic flame was being taken up Everest.

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The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, taking the flame around the world before the games begin in August, was always a risk.

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Meanwhile, the lighting in Olympia, Greece, of the flame for the Olympic games to be held in Beijing in August was briefly disrupted by protesting press-freedom activists.

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