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Vancouver Olympic flame lit in ancient Olympia

Oct. 22, 2009
The flame for the Vancouver Olympics was successfully lit by the sun's rays in an ancient ceremony Thursday, heralding the start of the torch relay for the 2010 Winter Games.
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BEIJING, May 8 (UPI) -- China announced a climbing team, traversing the Tibetan Himalayan route, on Thursday took the Beijing Olympic flame to the summit of Mount Everest.

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BEIJING, May 1 (UPI) -- China says high-tech technology will protect the Beijing Olympic flame from high winds and the oxygen-thin air as it is taken to the summit of Mount Everest.

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MUSCAT, Oman, April 14 (UPI) -- The chairman of Oman's Olympic committee led a welcoming event Monday as the Olympic flame arrived in Muscat.

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ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 3 (UPI) -- The Olympic torch arrived Thursday in Istanbul from Kazakhstan on its global journey toward Beijing for the August Games.

Report: Olympic torch plane leaves Beijing

BEIJING, March 29 (UPI) -- The Olympic torch plane for the 2008 Summer Games left Beijing International Saturday bound for Athens, Greece.

Olympic flame to be lit in Olympia

AMALIADA, Greece, March 23 (UPI) -- The lighting of the Olympic flame will take place Monday in the Greek sanctuary of Olympia, the International Olympic Committee announced Sunday.

Olympic flame to head up Mt. Everest

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, will see the Olympic flame carried to the top of Mount Everest, twice. The flame will be carried to the top of the mountain for a televised rehearsal in 2007 before the actual torch goes up in 2008,

Olympic torch in London Saturday

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Pride high for Olympic flame in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, June 17 (UPI) -- The Olympic flame began making a 34-mile circuit in St. Louis Thursday, the city that hosted the first modern-era Olympics in the United States.

Olympic torch in Beijing

BEIJING, June 9 (UPI) -- The Olympic flame made its way through the streets of Beijing Wednesday as part of an international ceremony for the upcoming 2004 Athens Games.
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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo