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        April 28, 2008

(CNN Student News) -- April 28, 2008 Olympic Torch Relay - Hear about demonstrations during the Olympic torch's time in Seoul. Olympic Torch Relay LLOYD: Traveling thousands of miles across more than a dozen countries and hitting some roadblocks and detours along the way. It's not an episode of "The Amazing Race." We're talking about the Olympic torch relay, which passed through South Korea over the weekend. About 30,000 Chinese students are studying there. And as Sohn Jie-Ae tells us, many of them showed up to see the flame. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SOHN JIE-AE, CNN REPORTER: The Olympic torch's journey through Seoul was marked by competing demonstrations. Thousands of Chinese students and residents in Korea made an enthusiastic turnout. "Go, go China," they shouted, turning the Olympic Park, where the torch started its relay, and almost the entire route, into a sea of red. CHINESE RESIDENT IN KOREA: I cannot express it. I feel my heart beating. I was very excited. JIE-AE: At the same time, sporadic protests by those who dared to cross this red sea of support. Flanked by a jogging policemen and police buses, the torch was passed from one bearer to another. When one defector from communist North Korea tried to rush the torch, he was quickly whisked away. Another North Korean defector's attempt to douse himself with oil and set himself on fire for a similar cause was also foiled. And at times, the pro- and anti-Beijing groups clashed in violent and vocal ways. "Show me proof, show me proof," demands a Chinese student when a human rights activist accuses the Beijing government of repatriating North Korean defectors in China. Li Yan ran the relay as a representative of Chinese university students in Korea. "I am very happy and proud," he says. "But I am also disappointed because I don't think many Koreans were interested in the torch relay." Indeed, we failed to find Koreans to interview at a mostly Chinese celebration for the last leg of the torch in Seoul. Despite a number of close calls, the Olympic torch managed to complete its tour of Seoul without a major mishap. The next round, it travels to the communist North Korea's capital of Pyongyang, where no demonstrations are expected. Sohn Jie-Ae, CNN, Seoul. (END VIDEO CLIP) Shoutout RAMSAY: Time for the Shoutout! How many continents is the Olympic flame visiting during the torch relay? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) Four, B) Five, C) Six or D) Seven? You've got three seconds -- GO! No stops in Antarctica, as the torch travels to six continents on its way to the Summer Games. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout! Promo LLOYD: If you want to follow the flame across all those continents, use our downloadable maps as your geographic guide. Your students can plot out the relay route from its start in Greece to its finish in China. But labeling the countries along the way, that part's up to you. Check out the free resources at CNNStudentNews.com!

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