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The Beijing Olympic flame left St.
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Petersburg on Saturday for London to continueits global relay.
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Shortly after 7 p.m. ,or 1500 GMT,the chartered plane with the flame took off.The Olympic torch relay in St.
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Petersburg started on Saturday morning from the Victory Square in the center of the city and covered 20 kilometers.
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Each of the 80 torchbearers ran about 250 meters.
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The end of the race was the Palace Square where a grandceremony was held to celebrate the success.
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Tens of thousands of people went to track down the relay route.
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The whole city was dipped in an atmosphere of glamour and happiness.The Beijing Olympic flame was flown into St.
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Petersburg from Turkey's largest city Istanbul on Friday.
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