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228:Below is a list of places visited by the torch:
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358:Philippines
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223:Airbus A310
153:Medal table
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1664:Categories
1065:References
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618:Major city
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603:Major city
600:7 November
506:26 October
475:26 October
444:25 October
429:22 October
398:21 October
367:19 October
336:14 October
74:Start date
1047:Ad-Dawhah
1012:Al Wakrah
1007:Al Wakrah
967:Al Shamal
763:Abu Dhabi
529:Indonesia
502:Hong Kong
497:Hong Kong
440:Guangzhou
394:Hiroshima
301:New Delhi
53:50,000 km
28:Host city
560:Thailand
82:End date
50:Distance
1032:Al Khor
1027:Al Khor
820:Bahrain
733:Sharjah
657:Salalah
611:Esfahan
596:Mashhad
565:Bangkok
534:Jakarta
425:Beijing
267:Nation
992:Dukhan
825:Manama
817:
789:Kuwait
786:
710:
672:Muscat
649:
626:Tehran
588:
557:
526:
512:<
494:
463:
417:
386:
363:Manila
355:
324:
293:
276:Notes
128:Mascot
123:Venues
1568:DAGOC
1546:DAGOC
955:Date
952:City
936:Qatar
748:Dubai
718:Hatta
687:Sohar
471:Macau
466:Macau
420:China
389:Japan
332:Busan
296:India
273:Date
270:City
66:Theme
61:3,500
36:Qatar
1649:2022
1644:2018
1639:2014
1634:2010
1629:2006
1052:Doha
958:Ref
652:Oman
591:Iran
279:Ref
238:Doha
32:Doha
946:No
264:No
1666::
1566:.
1544:.
808:14
777:13
701:12
640:11
579:10
215:.
34:,
1604:e
1597:t
1590:v
1043:5
1023:4
1003:3
983:2
963:1
923:5
909:4
895:3
881:2
867:1
548:9
517:8
485:7
454:6
408:5
377:4
346:3
315:2
284:1
190:e
183:t
176:v
139:)
135:(
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