The women's U.S. Olympic Softball team is hitting the road this spring, training to win a fourth gold medal for the country.  

BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China's ambitions for the Beijing games. The Mount Everest climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadcast as five torchbearers each shuffled a few feet before passing on the flame to the next person. A colorful Tibetan prayer flag lined the path and fluttered in the wind.
 

ATHENS, Greece -- Athletes from 10 European countries will take part in an allergy and asthma study at the Beijing Olympics. 

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese mountaineers made final preparations Wednesday to take the Olympic flame up Mount Everest in a grand but contentious feat that is being accorded an unusual mixture of fanfare and secrecy. 

HONG KONG (AP) -- The Olympic torch returned to Chinese soil Wednesday after a turbulent 20-nation tour, landing in the bustling financial capital of Hong Kong where officials deported at least seven activists before the flame's arrival. 

NAGANO, Japan (AP) -- Riot police, protesters and Chinese well-wishers converged on Nagano in the mountains of central Japan on Friday as the embattled Beijing Olympic torch arrived on one of its final international stops before moving on to China. 

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- The Olympic flame arrived in Australia on Wednesday for the next leg of the torch relay and was immediately whisked away to a secret location to avoid anti-China protesters. 

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Police detained at least eight people and seized flags from pro-Tibet activists Tuesday during a rowdy demonstration against the Olympic torch relay in Indonesia. 

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Authorities sealed off streets and advised workers to keep a low profile Thursday as about 15,000 police officers spread through India's capital to try to keep protesters from disrupting the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay. 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Thousands of police with sniffer dogs stood guard as Pakistan hosted the Olympic torch Wednesday for what the pro-China government hopes will be a trouble-free leg of its world tour 

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The Olympic torch has arrived in Buenos Aires after a flight from San Francisco. 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Officials say the planned closing ceremony for the Olympic torch at the San Francisco Bay waterfront is canceled and another one will take place at an undisclosed location. 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A protest against China's human rights record has made its way up the cables of California's Golden Gate Bridge. 

PARIS (AP) -- Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch twice Monday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that President Bush should consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics following China's crackdown on protesters in Tibet.