ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The final rehearsal for the lighting of the flames that will burn at the London Olympics has gone off without a hitch under bright sunny skies.
Standing in front of the 2,600-year Temple of Hera, an actress dressed as a high priestess used a concave mirror to focus the sun’s rays and light a torch.
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