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Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 06:44 AM PST
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Russian torchbearer's jacket catches fire  Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 06:44 AM PST In the latest mishap to befall the Olympic flame, a Russian torchbearer's clothing caught fire this week as he carried it through a Siberian city. A clip posted on YouTube by the Russian site Lifenews shows former Olympic bobsledder Pyotr Makarchuk parading the torch through a crowd in the city of Abakan when flames suddenly leap from the left shoulder and upper arm of his jacket. Escorts immediately put out the flames and Makarchuk was not injured, said Roman Osin, spokesman for the Russian Sochi 2014 torch relay, who witnessed the incident on Wednesday. Russia is conducting the longest torch relay before any Winter Games: a four-month, 65,000-km (40,000 mile) journey that will end at the opening ceremony in Sochi on February 7. Full Story	Top
Seeing double: Kim Jong Un lookalike turns heads in Hong Kong  Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 08:59 PM PST By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - A haircut and some makeup was all it took for a Hong Kong musician to transform himself into one of the world's most notorious dictators, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. After all, I'm a musician, so it's about the performance," said Howard, who declined to give his surname in order to keep his music and impersonation careers separate. He turned heads and drew giggles this week when he paraded down the streets of a popular shopping district in Hong Kong. He really looks like him," said Hong Kong resident Ada Ho. Full Story	Top

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