April 26 news: Approved by the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games announced today at the Beijing Century Altar the planned route for the torch relay and the design of the torch for the 29th Olympic Games. The torch creatively incorporates traditional Chinese auspicious cloud motifs and a paper scroll.
The torch relay is divided into two parts: an international relay and a domestic relay. The order and cities are as follows: Almaty (Kazakhstan) - Istanbul (Turkey) - St. Petersburg (Russia) - London (UK) - Paris (France) - San Francisco (USA) - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - Masqat (Oman) - Islamabad (Pakistan) - ...