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More than 1,000 tourists got lost in Tian'anmen Square on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people flocked there to celebrate National Day. Beijing police in charge of the square area said yesterday they received 1,576 requests for help ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Oct 03 2007

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