"Lost Boy" carries US Flag


	"Lost Boy" carries US Flag

Imnclady

8-6-2008 11:52 PM

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                                        Darfur "Lost Boy" to carry US flag at Olympic ceremony                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/sp_afp/oly2008usaflagsuddarfurlomong_080807010551"><P>
                        BEIJING (AFP) - 
Lopez Lomong, one of the "<SPAN id="lw_1218075101_0" class="yshortcuts">Lost Boys" of Sudan</SPAN> who was a victim of violence in Darfur, was named Thursday as the <SPAN id="lw_1218075101_1" class="yshortcuts">United States flag bearer</SPAN> for the opening ceremony at the <SPAN id="lw_1218075101_2" class="yshortcuts">Beijing Olympics</SPAN>.                        
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Lomong, 23, was kidnapped from his family by the Janjaweed militia and taken hostage. He and other youths escaped and spent three days on the run before crossing the border into <SPAN id="lw_1218075101_3" class="yshortcuts">Kenya</SPAN> and being taken to a refugee camp.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/sp_afp/oly2008usaflagsuddarfurlomong_080807010551"><P>
He spent years there just fighting to survive and famously paid five Kenyan shillings to watch a black and white television telecast of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/sp_afp/oly2008usaflagsuddarfurlomong_080807010551"><P>
Lomong was adopted by a US foster family, changed his citizenship to American and will race in the 1,500 meters at <SPAN id="lw_1218075101_5" class="yshortcuts">Beijing</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/sp_afp/oly2008usaflagsuddarfurlomong_080807010551"><P>
The <SPAN id="lw_1218075101_7" class="yshortcuts">United Nations</SPAN> has said that 300,000 people have died in Darfur and that more than 2.2 million have been displaced since 2003. The Sudanese government puts the number of fatalities at 10,000.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Darfur-Lost-Boy-Lomong-carry-US-flag/ss/events/olympics/080708olylopezlomong/s:/afp/20080807/sp_afp/oly2008usaflagsuddarfurlomong_080807010551" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Darfur-Lost-Boy-Lomong-carry-US-flag/ss/events/olympics/080708olylopezlomong/s:/afp/20080807/sp_afp/oly2008usaflagsuddarfurlomong_080807010551" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Darfur-Lost-Boy-Lomong-carry-US-flag/ss/events/olympics/080708olylopezlomong/s:/afp/20080807/sp_afp/oly2008usaflagsuddarfurlomong_080807010551"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/F43B1379-5F76-41A7-931A-CDA75FADCEEF" alt="In this Aug. 3, 2008 file photo, U.S. men's 1,500-meter runner ..." /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/39CD2C09-0861-457E-A10A-6E6286DEE008/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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