GREECE OLYMPIC FLAME

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, head of the Athens 2004 Olympic Organizing committee, left, and Lambis Nikolaou, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, light the cauldron outside the Panathenian Marble stadium, in Athens on Wednesday, March 31, 2004. Amid Olympic-level security, the flame for the Athens Games arrived in the host city to await its global journey at the stadium. More than 11,000 torchbearers will carry the flame in Greece and around the world. Some 3,600 will take part in the international portion of its journey, which includes 27 countries and covers a total of about 78,000 kilometers (48,500 miles). (AP Photo/Aris Messinis/pool)