The Olympic flame has arrived on British soil ahead of the games in London which

get underway

in July. The flame, carried inside a lamp, was aboard a plane from Athens. It arrived at a naval airbase in Cornwall. On Saturday, the Olympic torch relay begins at Land's End with a 70-day journey to the opening ceremony.

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There's been a roller-coaster day of trading in shares in the social networking site Facebook after one of the world's biggest ever business floatations. Facebook shares jumped by more than 10% within minutes of making their stock market debut on New York's Nasdaq exchange, but they later dropped back to close just 23 cents above their initial offering price. Mark Gregory reports from New York.

社交网络Facebook进行全世界最大规模的商业融资后股价大起大落。Facebook在纽约纳斯达克证券交易所上市后数分钟内股价就下降了至少10%，不过后来又上涨到仅比首次发行价高23美分的水平。Mark Gregory在纽约报道。

Widespread predictions that Facebook shares would soar in value on the first day's trading turned out to be wrong. The shares rose just 23 cents - a gain of about 0.5% - after a volatile session. It's early days yet, but this won't be seen as a good start. It could suggest investors don't believe that Facebook is really worth the $104bn its opening valuation set.