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Olympic flame arrives in Beijing
Two days before opening ceremony, tens of thousands of Beijing residents line streets to welcome torch to Chinese capital
The Olympic torch's global odyssey ended Wednesday, as it arrived in Beijing, two days before the beginning of the Olympic Games.
Flag-waving crowds cheered the torch relay through Beijing's Tiananmen Square Wednesday as Olympic fever mounted, but a dramatic Tibet protest and a row over Darfur clouded the Games build-up.
