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Excitement fills the air as big day arrives
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-08 12:02

Chinese people gather around the Olympic monument in the middle of Tiananmen Square after a flag hoisting ceremony on the inaugural day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 08, 2008. Thousands of people flock into Tiananmen Square, Beijing, to cheer for the Games on the day it opens. [Agencies]