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The basic root for all the controversies in San Francisco is freeing Tibet. As the torch came to San Francisco, its runners were swarmed by hordes of security gaurds. The reason for this is because government officials wanted to avoid another incident similar to the situations in London and Paris. There, hundreds of protesters swarmed on the runners. In San Francisco, security guards briefly showed the torch before evacuating it to the airport because of Pro-Tibet protesters swarming the Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco police officers and several other security guards called off the running for days to patrol the route on which the torch will run. Chinese citizens were upset because the olympic games might be marred by this event. The executive board for the International Olympic Comitee will meet Thursday and Friday to discuss the problems in London and Paris. Protesters also gathered in Union Square. Among the protesters were groups who opposed Chinese human rights abusage. The Chinese are not worried about Tibet protesters because they know in history that Tibet was and still is a part of China.

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