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Rio Protesters Extinguish Olympic Flame

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Teachers upset with near-bankrupt city government.

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Protesters extinguished the Olympic torch as it passed into Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, forcing the torch bearer to take cover on a bus while the flame was reignited. The protesters were a group of teachers, who are on strike over two months of delayed payments from the near-bankrupt Rio government.

Read it at The Guardian