ATHENS: The final day of the Beijing Games torch relay through Greece was cut short by several hours yesterday ahead of the Olympic flame's scheduled handover to China, amid concern over anti-Chinese protests by human rights activists.
“We have changed the programme,” Hellenic Olympic Committee spokesman Tassos Papachristou told AFP.
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