China celebrated the opening of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai with an evening of fireworks and fanfare.

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The 3-day program really spans four days, because it begins on the day of arrival with an evening opening cocktail reception.

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Johnny Vaughan's new chat show on BBC One - it debuts on BBC Choice earlier each evening - had a solid opening of more than two million, but that dropped by 500, 000 by the third show.

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Retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us and Kmart are among those stores that will be opening in the evening on the big day and its employees will have to be there like it or not.

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