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IOC approves London 2012 torch relay excursion to Dublin
Dec 8, 2011, 15:24 GMT
Lausanne, Switzerland - Dublin was on Thursday approved as destination for the London 2012 Olympics torch relay by the International Olympic Committee.
The IOC executive board gave Olympic organizers the green light to bring the torch to the Irish capital on June 6, 2012.
Under new IOC rules after various attacks on the torch during the international leg of the relay for Beijing 2008, the Olympic flame is now only carried through the host nation after being lit in ancient Olympia, Greece.
The torch for London 2012 is to arrive in Britain on May 18 and will be carried for 12,800km across the country before culminating in the lighting of the cauldron at the July 27 opening ceremony of the Games.
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