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Paralympians from South Africa arrive at Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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South African Paralympian Achmat Hasseim carries the SA flag at Heathrow Airport. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Paralympians from South Africa arrive at Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport.(AP Photo/Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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This photo made available by LOCOG shows Karl Hinett holding the English Paralympic flame at the top of Scafell Pike in Cumbria. (AP Photo/Joe Giddens/LOCOG)
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The flame burns after the lighting of the Paralympic flame cauldron in Trafalgar Square. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Paralympic archer Alasdair Hamilton fires an arrow to reveal the Agitos, the symbol for the Paralympic Games in Edinburgh. (AP Photo David Cheskin/LOCOG)
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Eve Loeffler, daughter of the founder Paralympic games Ludwig Guttman, stands by the logo of the Paralympic Games at the athletes village at the Paralympic park. (AP Photo)
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This photo made available by LOCOG shows fireworks at Belfast City Hall after the lighting of the cauldron with the Paralympic flame in Belfast. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Paul Faith)
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Members of the public were invited to try wheelchair basketball outside St Paul's Cathedral. (AP Photo / Sean Dempsey/PA)
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A wheelchair basketball demonstration by the GB Men's Under-22 team takes place at St Paul's Cathedral in London, where a service of 'Courage and Faith' was held to mark the opening of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. (AP Photo / Sean Dempsey/PA)
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Torchbearer Simon Richardson lights the Paralympics Cauldron outside City Hall in Cardiff. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland/PA Wire)
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A statue of Paralympic mascot Mandeville stands in front of the main stadium before the 2012 Paralympics. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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The Agitos, the official symbol design of the 2012 Paralympic Games are seen with the Orbit viewing platform artwork structure in background at the Olympic Park. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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This photo made available by LOCOG shows piper Louise Marshall Millington playing next to the Scottish Paralympic cauldron at the lighting ceremony in Edinburgh. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Joe Giddens)
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London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Chairman Sebastian Coe signs the Paralympic wall inside the Olympic Village. (AP Photo/ David Davies/PA)
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South African Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius poses for photographers before speaking in a news conference at the 2012 Paralympics. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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A Paralympic Games symbol hangs from Tower Bridge in London. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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This photo made available by LOCOG shows Torchbearing team 056 including, Barrie Guy, Antony Eames, and others outside the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple, in Brent, north London, as they carry the Paralympic Flame on the Torch Relay. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Ben Birchall)
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