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SPORTS - Swiss athletics team eyes Beijing 2008 games (GenevaLunch)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:27:00 GMT

Chur, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Five to eight athletes could be the total number on the track and field team representing the Swiss confederation at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. According to the president of the Swiss Athletic Federation , Peter Haas, the number of athletes might seem high, but it is realistic. Swiss media, including the Tribune de Geneve , are less optimistic, saying...

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Preparation progressing for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (People Daily)

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:56 GMT

Preparation for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games is progressing smoothly and handicapped utilities has developed throughout, said Tang Xiaoquan, executive vice president of the BOCOG and President of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, ...

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Join the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games News Reporting Team (Danwei)

suggest@danwei.org (banyue) — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:57 GMT

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Beijing 2008 Shooting Sports Screenshots (TeamXbox )

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:41:31 GMT

Sega released today new screenshots of Beijing 2008™ The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games that show the shooting sports. Beijing 2008™ features realistic next-gen visuals and will provide players with an authentic simulation of over 35 events (the most of any Olympic video game) from the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, giving gamers the opportunity...

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Beijing 2008 (GameSpy)

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:40:00 GMT

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Dunga calls upon veteran players to fight to go to the Olympics (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:49:01 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil national coach Carlos Dunga called upon players who wish to seek the gold medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympics to fight for the authorization of their clubs in Europe. I do not want the players to get into an argument with thos...

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House Asks Gimba to Resign as Sports Minister (All Africa)

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:28:52 GMT

The House of Representatives Committee on Sports yesterday asked the Sports Minister/ Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bar. Abdurahman Hassan Gimba to resign immediately due to what it described as Nigeria's lack of preparedness to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, with barely three months to kick off of the global sports fiesta.

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Beijing 2008 Images (IGN)

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Beijing 2008 (X360) Take a shot at these new screens.

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IOC eyes healthy profits from Beijing Games (Beijing Olympics 2008 Live)

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:13:06 GMT

ATHENS (Reuters) - From its dangerously empty coffers in the late 1970s to the multi-billion-dollar revenues from the Beijing 2008 Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has managed a remarkable commercial transformation of its prime product, the Olympic Games. 1 Vote(s)

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Free Speech in China (Ah Boon.Net 阿文)

Mon, 12 May 2008 05:54:43 GMT

After the [Beijing 2008 Olympics Wallpaper and Screensaver], I received this from my friend. It seems that freedom of speech in China has been improved over years, at least many china citizens were interviewed from the street as we’ve seen on the tv. But what was the actual fact behind the scene?? Here’s an article about [...]

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Britain names eventing team for Olympic Games (Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines)

Sun, 11 May 2008 06:36:03 GMT

The British Olympic Association has named the five riders who will make up its eventing team for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

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IOC eyes healthy profits from Beijing Games (Reuters UK)

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:29:42 GMT

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Fri, 09 May 2008 08:46:28 GMT

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IOC eyes healthy profits from Beijing Games (Mail & Guardian)

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:34:43 GMT

From its dangerously empty coffers in the late 1970s to the multibillion-dollar revenues from the Beijing 2008 Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has managed a remarkable commercial transformation of its prime product, the Olympic Games.

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IOC eyes healthy profits from Beijing Games (Reuters)

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:35:38 GMT

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Beijing 2008 (Three Men in a Tub)

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:04:00 GMT

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Beijing 2008: More Journalists Than Athletes Expected This Summer :: The China Game (Chinalyst - China blogs in English)

Thu, 08 May 2008 02:39:00 GMT

... of visa regulations is that, unable to prevent journalists from coming in to cover the Games, Beijing is seeking to clamp down on a surrogate. Such backwards logic is typical of what we see out of Beijing. Thinking goes like this: Leaders don't want to see the foreign press making their country look bad, but they can't prevent reporting. So, they intiate a crackdown on trouble makers,...

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Olympic hotels reservation in your Beijing 2008 olympic trips (Beijing Olympics 2008 Live)

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:34:44 GMT

(Athens, March 25) -- The sacred flame for the Beijing Olympic Games entered the second day of its relay in Greece on March 25, after the torch lighting ceremony and the first leg of the relay on Monday. The relay is scheduled to pick up at 9:00 local time (GMT+2) from Mesologi via Agrinio, 5 Vote(s)

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Screenshots: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (PS3) (Pro-G)

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:25:31 GMT

Check out the latest batch of screenshots.

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Human Rights Watch Special Focus: Beijing 2008 (Law Librarian Blog)

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:55:01 GMT

Check out Human Rights Watch's Beijing 2008 website, including, for example, the Agenda for Reform page: Human Rights Abuses Shadow Countdown to 2008 Beijing Games. According to Human Rights Watch, major areas for human rights reform in the Olympic run-up...

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