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The 2008 Olympic torch relay wrapped up in the Chinese territory of Macau with a glittering show on Saturday, even as officials said weather conditions may force a delay of a torch run up Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.

Chinese mountaineers were waiting at a base camp to carry the flame up Everest, located in Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet. However, those in the region woke to new snow on Saturday, and more fell later in the afternoon.

"The trail might get slippery with snow," said Zhang Zhigang, an official with the weather service overseeing Everest -- or Mt. Qomolangma, the peak's Tibetan name -- according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency. "If it keeps snowing, the thick cover of snow will make the climb difficult." Read full article »

CNN's Eunice Yoon in Macau and Journalist Tomas Etzler contributed to this report.

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