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Xu feels the heat in long wait for tickets

XU Yonghe wants tickets to the Olympics, and he was willing to camp out in sweltering heat for almost two days to get them. The Beijing resident was at the head of a line of thousands waiting on lawnchairs, under... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Thu, Jul 24 2008

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