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Chinese President Hu Jintao holds the Olympic torch after lighting the cauldron during the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch lighting ceremony, March 31, 2008, in China. The 85,000-mile relay is the longest in Olympic history and has the most torchbearers - a sign of the vast attention lavished on the games by Beijing, which hopes to showcase China's rising economic and political power. (Photo: AP Photo/Robert Knudsen) |