Slideshow: 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Members of the crowd are held back by the paramilitary prior to the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics in Tiananmen Square on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.
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