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According to AFP, the Chinese are going to cut the route of the Olympic torch through Tibet down to one day from three: "The change is due to the Sichuan earthquake's impact on the rest of the relay. Because of this, the sacred flame will only pass through (the Tibetan capital) Lhasa for one day," Li Lizhi, an information officer with the Beijing Olympics, told AFP. Tibet remains closed to foreign journalists amid a tight clampdown on the recent unrest, and the planned leg through the troubled region had looked to generate still more controversy for the torch.

Rico says, right, like the Tibetan protests had nothing to do with this...