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Olympic torch relay in Ruijin starts with a minute of silence to quake victims
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| 16-May-2008 - |
By Sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng
RUIJIN, Jiangxi Province, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Ruijin of Jiangxi Province started with a minute of silence to the victims of the deadly earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province on Wednesday.
All the people in the opening ceremony of the Ruijin relay observed a minute of silence to the victims of the strong quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale which struck Wenchuan at 2:28 p.m. on Monday.
The tremor was felt in many other parts of the country. The disaster had caused more than 12,000 reported deaths by Tuesday evening in Sichuan alone.
The torch relay organizers started to accept cash donations to the quake victims on Tuesday in Ruijin Hotel. |
| 16-May-2008 - |
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