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Relay runners ready to join in quake rescue

Many of the 208 torchbearers in this East China city are getting ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan province. The opening ceremony of yesterday's relay was low key with the poignant recitation of a poem written by the late Chair ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, May 16 2008

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