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National › Nagano braces for Olympic torch relay after hydrogen sulfide threat

The Japan leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay will start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday amid tight security involving more than 3,000 police officers, following… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Apr 25 2008

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