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Video. In pictures: Flame-lighting ceremony for the Paris Olympics in Greece
The storied torch's 5,000-kilometre journey to this summer's games is about to begin.
Read full articleThe storied torch's 5,000-kilometre journey to this summer's games is about to begin.
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