Thousands of protesters were expected to line the route of the latest leg of the Olympic torch's ''Journey of Harmony'' on Wednesday as officials in San Francisco braced themselves for a repetition of the tumultuous scenes in Paris and London. A broad coalition of protest groups has converged on the city.
Authorities removed more than 180 women and children from the Texas compound of a polygamist sect on Saturday evening after receiving reports of ''sexual and physical abuse''. The 10 000-member Mormon group is led by Warren Jeffs, who was convicted in Utah last year on two counts of accomplice to rape.