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A group of the first overseas Olympic Games volunteers to arrive in China who are all from the University of Iowa in the US, get a history lesson in Tiananmen Square from a Chinese guide (R) during their orientation week in Beijing on June 27, 2008. The three who are from a group of 24 Iowa volunteers, will work at the Main Press Center (MPC) and the International Broadcast Center (IBC) and will make up some of the 292 overseas volunteers helping media operations at the Summer Games. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON




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