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Universal language helps warm relations
ROME: Music, a universal expression that transcends languages and differences - it is a view many attending the first concert performed by Chinese musicians for the Pope at the Vatican on Wednesday could agree with.
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Torch Relay
The cradle of mountaineers
Among the 12-member team of climbers who brought the Beijing Olympic flame to the top of Mount Qomolangma were seven alpinists from the Tibet Mountaineering School (TMS).
The final 12
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Chinese mountaineers hold the Olympic torch and unfurl Chinese and Olympic flags atop the summit of Mount Qomolangma yesterday. The torch was lit about 100 m away from the summit and then relayed upward by five torchbearers. Xinhua |
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Life
Tapping to an ancient beat
Her long hair flowing down to her skinny shoulders instead of resting in a topknot as in her portraits, Sa Dingding exudes the assured air of a star who takes her role very seriously.
A sound mix
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