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Olympic flame reaches peak of Mount Everest
semissourian.com May 10, 2008
The Everest torch was separate from the main Olympic flame ... By TINI TRAN The Associated Press BEIJING — Cheering mountaineers raised the Olympic torch at the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday, producing the triumphant image that China has longed for in the...
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