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Final Olympic Village apartments to go on sale

BEIJING will begin selling the last 400 apartments in the Olympic Village, a village official said yesterday. About 70 percent of the apartments in the Olympic Village, or Athletes' Village, in northern Beijing... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Sep 12 2008

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