Graphics shows the Olympic flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games heading for Muscat, capital of Oman, the ninth stop of the Olympic flame's global tour, on April 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese working in Oman greet the plane which carries the Olympic flame at the Muscat International airport in Muscat, the capital of Oman, April 14, 2008. Muscat is the ninth leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay global tour outside the Chinese mainland. (Xinhua Photo)

Liu Jingmin, the executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), walks out of the cabin with the lantern which holds the Olympic flame in his hands at the airport in Muscat, the capital of Oman, April 14, 2008. Muscat is the ninth leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay global tour outside the Chinese mainland. (Xinhua Photo)