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Cigarette lighter saves day after Olympic torch blows out
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The Olympic torch flickered out as former Soviet world swimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan carried it through the Kremlin gates during a nationally televised ceremony on Sunday. A few steps later, after frantic gesturing from Karapetyan, an unidentified man stepped forward to reignite the torch with a cigarette lighter.
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