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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.
About 1,500 people were on hand for the start of a torch relay that began with a ceremony alongside the replica of an ancient Omani merchant ship that sailed to China 1,000 years ago, the Xinhua news agency said.
Olympic Committee Chairman Ali Masoud al-Ali Ali Sunaidy received the flame in its special lantern from Liu Jingmin, vice chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games.
Xinhua said several hundred Chinese nationals who work in Oman were among the spectators.
Oman is the ninth stop for the flame, which will move on to Pakistan Wednesday.
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DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
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