Chaos marks Paris Olympic torch relay - 08 April 2008

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Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports on another day of chaos on the route of the Olympic torch. The latest leg was in Paris, where protests forced organisers to abandon carrying the flame on foot, in favour of a bus ride. The massive French police deployment was not enough to contain demonstrations against China's human-rights policy and treatment of Tibet. Some protestors even called the torch the "flame of shame".