Lighting Ceremony for Beijing Olympics to be held one hour earlier
2008-03-22 18:15:29 Xinhua English
|
|
ATHENS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Lighting Ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games will be held one hour ahead of the schedule next Monday, city mayor George Aidonis told Xinhua late evening on Saturday.
The ceremony will be rescheduled from the previous 12:00 o'clock at noon to 11 a.m. on March 24 due to the weather problem.
More News
- Frenchman Bernard breaks world mark again in Euro swimming
- French duo wins ice dance
- Liverpool revival threatens United's title bid
- Uganda's national coach blasts local football federation
- Xu claims men's 1m springboard gold at National Diving Championships
- Olympic Water Polo competition: drawing of lots completed
- Australian swimmer Rice breaks women's 400m medley world record
- World champion pair claims gold at National Diving Championships
- Ferrari starts on front row of grid in Malaysian GP
- Kuznetsova ends Sharapova's run
- Ding looks to shine at home tournament
- France wins ice dance at figure skating worlds
- Celtics beat Mavs to complete Texan sweep
- Benitez: Torres not among greats
- Kimi Raikkonen in embarrassing Ferrari gaffe