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- Scheduled for April 14, 2008
- The only leg of the relay in the Middle East
- Hosted by Samsung
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The Olympic Torch Relay passed through Muscat, Oman on April 14, 2008. Saad Al Shemmari, the captain of the Qatar national football team is planned to be the main torchbearer. Olympic officials are expecting the relay to be calmer then in Paris and San Francisco, where ceremonies were marred by Protests. The Government of Oman has implemented extensive security precautions to ensure that the relay goes without incident. Olympiv organizers are eager to avoid the controversy the relay faced in Paris and San Francisco. The torch will continue to Islamabad on April 16, 2008.
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Olympic Torch Muscat News
- Topix.net: Olympic Torch Muscat
- Google News: Olympic Torch Muscat
- Agence France-Presse: Relaxed Omani's Welcome Olympic Torch (April 14, 2008)
- The Guardian: Security Tight As Olympic Torch Reaches Oman (April 14, 2008)
- Xinhua News: Olympic Torch Relay in Oman's Muscat Starts (April 14, 2008)
- Khaleej Times: Moosa Torch Bearer in Oman Relay (April 9, 2008)
- The Peninsula: Qatar's Saad to Be Games Torch Bearer (March 24, 2008)
- "Aside from Saad, Omani singer Salah Zadjali, Syrian actress Sulaf Fawakherji, Saudi media figure Batal Al Qaws have also been selected to be Samsung's torch-bearers and will participate in Oman's Torch Relay."
- Gulf Times: Qatar Captain Al-Shammari to Be Olympic Torch-Bearer (March 24, 2008)
- "Football captain Saad al-Shammari will be one of the torch bearers when the Olympic torch passes through Oman"
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