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BEIJING - A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world today, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China's ambitions for the Beijing games.
The climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadcast as five torchbearers each shuffled a few feet before passing on the flame to the next person. A colorful Tibetan prayer flag lined the path and fluttered in the wind.See the full content of this document
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Olympic Flame Lights Up Everest
The final torchbearer, a Tibetan woman named Cering Wangmo, stood silently on the peak with her torch while other team members unfurled small Chinese ...
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