The flame of the Olympic Torch for the Summer Games in Beijing has been lit in a ceremony in Greece at Olympia where the forerunner of the modern Games originated almost three thousand years ago.Two human rights protesters briefly disrupted the ceremony.Television pictures show police moving quickly to stop them.Caroline Duffy reports.

"(Music...)The ceremony opened with the Olympic Anthem.To Greece,it's a sacred tradition.The authorities are determined it will go smoothly.Over a thousand police officers are present to deal with the threat of anti-Chinese protests.As the president of the Beijing Olympic Committee spoke,a man broke through security,and had to be wrestled away.Addressing the ceremony,the president of the International Olympic Committee(IOC),Jacques Rogge said the torch relay and the Olympic Games must take place in a peaceful environment."