Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

Olympic torch arrives back in Greece

HERAKLION, Greece - Athens Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Gianna Angelopoulos (R) speaks in a ceremony at the Olympic flame arrival's on the Greek island of Crete on July 9. The torch arrived from Cyprus, the last stop of the torch relay's international route that took it to five continents, before the Summer Games open in five weeks.

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