Torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia _English

Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

Overseas Chinese cheer for the torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 21, 2008. Kuala Lumpur is the 13th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.

Overseas Chinese cheer for the torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 21, 2008. Kuala Lumpur is the 13th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay. (Xinhua Photo)
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Jiang Xiaoyu (R), vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games, holds up a torch ahead of the torch relay during the torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 21, 2008. Kuala Lumpur is the 13th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.

Jiang Xiaoyu (R), vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games, holds up a torch ahead of the torch relay during the torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 21, 2008. Kuala Lumpur is the 13th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay. (Xinhua Photo)
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Olympic torch relay in Kuala Lumpur starts

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, the 13th leg of its global journey, started at local time 14:00 Monday at Merdeka Square (Independent Square).

The torch left Independence Square after a brief ceremony. Imran Ibni Tuanku Ja'afar, president of the Malaysian Olympic Council, was the first of 80 torchbearers.Full story

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