Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Games (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 04/29/2008 - 6:48pm

Travellers walk past a Beijing 2008 Olympic Games countdown clock at Hong Kong International Airport April 29, 2008.<br /><br />(Victor Fraile/Reuters)Reuters - Beijing on Wednesday marks the 100-day countdown to the Olympics with songs, a mass run and even prayers, hoping to put behind it the tumultuous events of the past month which have taken much gloss off its preparations.




 

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