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Lighting up Oman, Pakistan & India
Updated: 2008-04-18 07:36
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Sheila Dikshit (right), chief minister of Delhi, and Jiang Xiaoyu (center), executive vice-president of the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, pass the Beijing Olympic torch to first torchbearer Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association, at the start of the relay in the Indian capital yesterday. Xinhua
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Jubilant kids wait for the arrival of the Beijing Olympic torch on the relay route in Muscat, capital of Oman, on Monday. Xinhu
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Pakistani children rehearse for the Olympic torch relay ceremony in Islamabad on Wednesday. Xinhu
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Chinese athletes hold the Olympic flame as they arrive for the Olympic torch ceremony in Islamabad on Wednesday. Reuters
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Left: The opening ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Muscat on Monday. Xinhua Right: The Olympic flame burns in Muscat on Monday night, with fireworks in the background. Xinhua
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(China Daily 04/18/2008 page12)
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