BEIJING -- Beijing organizers faced pressure to alter or suspend the Olympic torch relay, which is scheduled next month to enter parts of the country ravaged by an earthquake.

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Wending its way through the southeastern city of Longyan on Tuesday, the torch was due to arrive on June 13 in the sprawling city of Chongqing and enter neighboring Sichuan province two days later. The quake's epicenter was in Sichuan and 10,000 people have reportedly died there since it hit Monday.

Beijing organizing committee spokesman Li Zhanjun said there were no immediate plans to suspend the relay. However, an Olympic official who declined to be further identifie...

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