ANCIENT OLYMPIA， Greece， April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Flame that will burn during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Thursday.
Actress Katerina Lechou dressed as an Ancient Greek High Priestess， stood before the 2，500-year-old Temple of Hera， a goddess in Greek mythology， and used a concave mirror to focus the sun's rays and light the torch at 12:52 a.m local time.
A few minutes later， according to the schedule， she will pass it to the first torchbearer， Lefteris Petrounias， the Greek world champion in gymnastics.
The ritual ceremony at the ancient stadium in western Greece where the Olympic Games were born 25 centuries ago， is held in front of an enthusiastic crowd of thousands of locals and foreign visitors.
Numerous dignitaries attended the event， including the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos， the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach， and representatives of the Greek government and of the Brazilian delegation headed by the President of the Organizing Committee of the ""RIO 2016"" Olympic Games Carlos Nuzman.
Giovane Gavio， volleyball Olympic champion， representing Brazil， will be the second torchbearer in the torch relay that will be held across Greece.
The Sacred Flame will be delivered to the Rio Games organizers in a Handover ceremony in Athens on April 27 to continue its trip across the ocean for the XXXI Olympic Games.
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YANGON Kobe Bryant Kids Jersey , Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Prices of chicken and duck continued to fall by half in markets of Myanmar's commercial city of Yangon due to impact of seasonal influenza AH1N1-2009, also known as swine flu, which has broken out since late July.
According to market survey, a viss (1.6 kg) of chicken, which was sold for 3 Brook Lopez Kids Jersey ,200 kyats (2.35 U.S. dollars) in the domestic market normally, is now sold for 1,700 kyats, declining to 50 percent from its peak.
More than 77,000 visses of chicken plus 2 Julius Randle Youth Jersey ,500 ducks enter regularly the city's market from poultry farms in Yangon, Ayeyawaddy and Bago regions.
Meanwhile, death toll from the swine flu has reached 27 in Myanmar as of Thursday sine the outbreak of the disease as new more cases of H1N1 were confirmed over this week, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports.
A total of 277 people were confirmed for being infected with the virus across the country since July 21.
Patients contracting with the virus have been receiving treatment at designated specialist hospitals.
However, no infection to health staff or officials was found who are treating the H1N1 patients Brandon Ingram Youth Jersey , the ministry's statement said.
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