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OLYMPICS/ Relay Cities
Beijing Olympic torch relay in Dar es Salaam concludes
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-13 21:14
DAR ES SALAAM - The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, concluded on Sunday afternoon.
Torchbearer John Stephen Ahewali runs with the Olympic torch in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April, 13, 2008. [Xinhua]
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The last torchbearer, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka, ran with the torch in the Tanzanian National Stadium at about 4:00 p.m. (1300 GMT).
She finally lit the ceremonial cauldron in the stadium. Applause thundered to embrace the end of the torch relay in Dar es Salaam. A grand celebration ensued.
Tibaijuka was the first African woman elected by the UN General Assembly as Under-Secretary-General of a United Nations program. Her home town was Dar es Salaam which is dubbed as "harbor of peace".
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