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Former Olympic champ: Olympic torch relay delivers love to quake victims

Former Olympic table tennis champion Lu Lin, the last torchbearer in the Olympic torch relay in southeast China's Zhejiang province, said on Thursday that the relay delivers love and compassion to the earthquake victims. "The torch ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, May 22 2008

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