SHOTLIST Turin 1. Performers for the Olympic Games opening ceremony queuing outside the Olympic Stadium 2. Performers queuing outside stadium 3. Mid shot, police 4. Exterior of stadium 5. Various, police cars 6. People cheering 7. Man in a wheelchair carrying Olympic torch 8. Mid of man in wheelchair and Italian TV presenter Alessandro Cecchi Paone holding torch, Paone walking away 9. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Torchbearer (NAME NOT AVAILABLE): "It has been so exciting, a feeling I can't describe." 10. Mid of torchbearer among other people Rome 11. Wide of news conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (middle) and Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu (left) 12. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Giuseppe Pisanu, Italian Interior Minister: "We keep our guard very high, and we take into account that - in the climate of protest that is agitating the Islamic world after the publication of the now famous caricatures - we can't rule out an unplanned, improvised action by an individual". 13. Mid of news conference Turin 14. Wide of hall 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president: "Our goal is zero tolerance. We have augmented the number of tests by 72 percent in comparison to Salt Lake City, bringing to 2200 tests. I think this shows the great resolve of the International Olympic Committee. We have also done a great augmentation of testing in Athens and we will continue to do that in the future." 16. Mid of hall STORYLINE: As organisers prepared and performers waited outside the Olympic stadium for Friday night's opening ceremony in Turin, Italy, tight security surrounded the venue for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. The torch carrying the Olympic flame continued its path through the city, along streets packed with cheering sports fans. Italy's Interior Minister, Giuseppe Pisanu, said on Friday there was no indication that international terrorist groups were threatening the Winter Olympics in Turin, adding that neither Italy's intelligence agencies, nor others cooperating with Rome, had received any such signal. Pisanu, speaking in Rome hours before the games' opening ceremony, added that an, "improvised action by an individual," could not be ruled out given heightened tensions in the Muslim world over caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad. "We keep our guard very high," Pisanu told reporters. He also warned against possible action from anarchists and anti-globalisation protesters who have been active in Italy recently, including in areas close to Turin. In December, demonstrations against a high-speed train linking Turin to Lyon, France, turned violent. This week, new protests forced detours of the Olympic torch route. Italy reviewed its security arrangements during a meeting of law enforcement and intelligence officials on Thursday. Security efforts have been further stepped up in response to the worldwide protests among Muslims over the cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The plan includes more than 15-thousand police officers to be on guard and constant support from intelligence gatherers. NATO is providing two AWACS surveillance planes to patrol the skies over northern Italy during the games. Later on Friday, Turin's Caselle airport was due to suspend all takeoffs and landings for four-and-a-half hours to guard against any possible disruptions during the opening ceremony. The first whiff of scandal hit the Turin Olympics the day before the opening ceremony, as eight cross-country skiers - including two Americans and a former Olympic gold medalist from Germany - were suspended for failed blood tests. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said the suspensions were not doping tests. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/45c24b14ff1f49889a6036d85005e45f Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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