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Last chance to snap up Olympic tickets

THE last tickets for next month's Olympics will go on sale on Friday at ticket booths at the Games' venues, according to Beijing2008.cn. About 250,000 tickets will be made available for Beijing-based events including... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Jul 23 2008

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23 Jul 08 visit Last shot tickets on sale tomorrow  »  Shanghai Daily THE last tickets for next month's Olympics will go on sale tomorrow at ticket booths at the Games' venues, according to Beijing2008.cn. About 250,000 tickets will be made available for Beijing-based events including...
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