Posted AT 3:48 AM EST on 26/08/08
Ottawa wants Vancouver organizers to include Afghan veterans in torch relay
VANCOUVER — Ottawa is urging the Vancouver Winter Olympics organizing committee to put the Afghanistan war at the heart of the symbolically laden torch relay, saying that the first torch carriers could be veterans of the seven-year-old conflict.
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