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Article: 2nd Ld-Writethru: Beijing Olympic Games "grand celebration of sport, peace and friendship": chief organizer
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 24, 2008
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2nd Ld-Writethru: Beijing Olympic Games "grand celebration of
sport, peace and friendship": chief organizer
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is a
grand celebration of sport, peace and friendship, said chief
organizer Liu Qi at the closing ceremony of the Games held in the
National Stadium in north Beijing on Sunday night.
"The Beijing Olympic Games is a testimony of the fact that the
world has its trust rested upon China," said Liu, president of the
Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG),
adding that "The Chinese people, teeming with enthusiasm, have
honored the commitments they solemnly made."
On behalf of the BOCOG, he expressed his ...