The Olympic flame has reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch along with Chinese and Olympic flags. Heavy snow and high winds had delayed China's attempt to carry the torch to the Chinese Olympic torch reaches summit of Mt. Everest ...
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Nepal strives to get fuel supply ... top of Everest, which is located partly in Nepal and partly in troubled Tibet. China's Olympic torch relay has been overshadowed by protests over China's human rights record and crackdown in Tibet.
(Deutsche Welle)
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