Torchbearers fire up local crowds

VERIA, Greece: The Beijing Olympic torch was carried nearly 240 km yesterday, sometimes through snow, from northwestern to northeastern Greece.

After traveling through nine cities from Ioannina, the torch arrived in Veria.

The third day of the torch relay began in the morning from Ioannina. The weather was fair when torchbearers set off. Two hours later, however, they arrived at the fist stop, the snow-covered town of Metsovo.