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Chinese wins tightrope contest across Seoul river

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A professional tightrope walker from China zipped along a wire strung across the Han River in just under 11 minutes to win Seoul's second international high-wire championship, which concluded Saturday.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Sat, Oct 04 2008

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