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Rings: The Starting Line: Paralympic Buildup

Preparations for the Paralympics opening ceremony promise a new round of spectacle on Saturday.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=9d31e63739f94ac9a3521c8cf5c5f216&u=http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/the-starting-line-paralympic-buildup-ahmadinejad-on-his-way-and-an-angry-pistorius/index.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=9d31e63739f94ac9a3521c8cf5c5f216&u=http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/the-starting-line-paralympic-buildup-ahmadinejad-on-his-way-and-an-angry-pistorius/index.html" border="0"/></a> </span>