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Chinese premier Wen Jiabao holds a torch
after lighting the Beijing Paralympic flame during the Paralympic flame
lighting ceremony at the ancient Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Aug. 28,
2008. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)
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Premier lights Beijing Paralympic
flame, torch relay starts
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
lit the Beijing Paralympic flame at the ancient Temple of Heaven in Beijing on
Thursday, kicking off the torch relay across China before the 13th Paralympics
opens on Sept. 6.
In front of the symbolic Hall of Prayer for Good
Harvest, deaf-mute flame collector Jiang Xintian lit the flame out of a concave,
burnished mirror. Full story
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Chinese premier Wen Jiabao holds a torch
after lighting the Beijing Paralympic flame during the Paralympic flame
lighting ceremony at the ancient Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Aug. 28,
2008. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)
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