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Olympic flame crosses London amid snow

The heavy snow in London exerted slim effect on people's passion of seeing Beijing Olympic flame as large crowds lined along the street to greet the relay of torch on Sunday in the host city of 2012 Games. London boasted the longest ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Mon, Apr 07 2008

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