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Tue 08 Aug 2008Olympics artillery winning war on rain
CHINA:CHINA'S CUNNING multibillion-euro plan to manipulate the Olympic weather seems to be yielding results.
The rain that drenched the capital, Beijing, on Sunday should have fallen on Friday night, but Olympic organisers fired 1,110 rockets into the evening sky to ensure the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony was precipitation-free.
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