RECENT CONTROVERSIES
2006: Protests in Italy force torch bearers for Turin's Winter Olympics to change route four times during a two-month trip across Italy.
Protesters voice opposition to US corporate giant Coca Cola's sponsorship of the Games, US First Lady Laura Bush's related visit and the construction of a high-speed railway from Turin to France.
Image: Italian skiing legend Alberto Tomba (L) holds the Olympic flame with other athletes during the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Turin, 10 February 2006. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images
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