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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 27 Jul 2012

    Watch the moment the #Olympic flame was lit by seven young British athletes http://bbc.in/MRlQAq  #bbc2012 #olympicceremony

    4:59 PM - 27 Jul 2012
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      1. Jerome Elam‏ @JeromeElam 28 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Will the NCAA penalty against Penn State end the culture of silence? http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2012/jul/28/will-ncaa-penalty-against-penn-state-end-culture-s/ …

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      1. Nigel Dowler‏ @nigeldowler 28 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking awesome engineering!

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      1. miriam a keyes‏ @carkeyes 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking enjoyed the future

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      1. portia owardieh‏ @portiaowardieh 27 Jul 2012
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      1. Mary Kay Jackson‏ @ghanawaterwoman 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Nice symbolic handover from the old generation of past British Olympic medalists (+Ali) to the new hopefuls! Kudos!

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      1. R Fraser‏ @amethyst66uk 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking this was just beautiful

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      1. James Polley‏ @tchaypo 27 Jul 2012
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        Thanks to @BBCBreaking and "this media is not available in your territory", I'm reminded of how their country still feels about mine

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      1. Cath‏ @cathDarnton 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Paul mc was rubbish thought is was about the next generation not the past one

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      1. Robert J Carr‏ @RobertJCarr1 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking the lighting of the beacon was brilliant shows how creative we can be

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      1. Jo Moran‏ @Jolouise2610 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking very proud of you all,

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      1. james vance‏ @jrvanceauthor 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Inventive & appropriate

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      1. QGT‏ @QGT2 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking like the use of 'athletes' non gender specific, 'sportsmen' has to be a term of the past if women equally represented, thanks.

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      1. WILL 000 quinton‏ @williamquinton0 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking happy with this,thank god it wasnt ageing beckham..

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      1. 159ZSLP(1)(c)(ii)(D)‏ @Priv8LawTutor 27 Jul 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Do you have footage of the Queen?

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