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Lucky day for newly-weds
Xinhua/Agencies
Updated: 2008-08-08 14:41
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A couple poses after a wedding ceremony in Beijing August 8, 2008. At least 16,400 couples in Beijing, and thousands more nation-wide, chose the auspicious combination of the eighth day of the eighth month, 2008 to get married. Eight is a lucky number in Chinese, and on Friday the Olympic Games will open in Beijing, at 8 pm (1200 GMT). [Agencies]
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