Olympic torch arrives in Beijing

Olympic torch arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The Olympic torch arrived in Beijing on March 31 aboard an airplane from Athens, following a flame-lighting ceremony in Greece last week. The torch will be carried to Kazakhstan on April 1 for a torch relay which will cover 137,000 kilometers on five continents before the opening ceremony of the Summer Games in Beijing on Aug. 8.

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