Beijing people stage bicycle rally in bid to host 2008 Olympic G

BEIJING, China - More than 10,000 people in Beijing stage a bicycle rally, billed as the world's largest ever, in a bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in the Chinese capital. They snaked from Tiananmen Square to the Worker's Stadium. The cyclists sported baseball caps in Olympic colors.

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