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That\u2019s quite a festival and as you can see, if you read the BBC News article,<\/a> requires great collaboration with sanitation, police, food, medical care and hospitals, and even firewood for warmth at night. It will require about 80 million\u00a0liters\u00a0of drinking water, \u00a025,800 tons\u00a0 of wheat and \u00a0rice, and 35,000 toilets.\u00a0 And I thought planning for the Olympics was tough!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"