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Turkey unveils details of Beijing Olympic torch relay in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Olympic Committee (TMOK) on Tuesday unveiled details about the upcoming Beijing Olympic torch relay in the Turkish largest city, including preparation work, itinerary and several torch bearers.

Yalcin Aksoy, a senior TMOK official who is in charge of Istanbul's torch relay, told a press conference that the sacred flame carried in a small lantern is expected to fly into Istanbul in the early hours on Thursday from Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty, the first leg of the global torch relay.

According to Aksoy, the starting point of the 17.8-km relay in Istanbul will be the city's ...

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