There was a recent post in Australian newspapers that the worldwide trip of the Olympic flame will not reach Sydney and Melbourne due to the fact that the Greek organizing commitee requests a Greek armed guard around the flame something that cannot be allowed by Australian law.
This cannnot be further from the truth. The organizing commitee has assigned protection of the flame and runners with the local authorities and has never requested such an armed guard.
Posted by Basileios at May 4, 2004 12:35 PM