PARIS, April 7 -- Thousands of rowdy demonstrators forced cancellation of the last leg of the Olympic torch ceremony in Paris on Monday with repeated attacks on the procession, escalating ...

Alem first worked on the Olympic torch relay in the summer of 1996 in Atlanta. Since then, the company was a consultant to the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, and the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.

April 9, 2008 -- Angry protesters, riot police, mass demonstrations, arrests for disorderly conduct -- it hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for the Olympic-torch relay.