Torch relay officially launched in Beijing
(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2008-03-31 14:16

China's 110m hurdles record-holder Liu Xiang holds the Olympic torch aloft following President Hu Jintao lights a cauldron with the Torch during the "Welcome Ceremony for the Olympic Flame and the Launching Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay" at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, March 31, 2008. Hu officially announced the beginning of the Beijing Olympic torch relay on Monday. [Xinhua]

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