Olympic flame arrives in Beijing

Olympic flame arrives in Beijing
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A chartered Air China plane carrying the Beijing Olympic flame touched down at the Beijing Airport Monday morning. ...

Beijing Olympics News - 31st March 2008 - 2

Paul's blog posts of the week
By Paul Burgin(Paul Burgin)
Renton at Labourhome on Blue Peter and the Bejing Olympics Luke Akehurst on the importance of the Alternative Vote Phil Dilks on the jokes (of the cringe variety), that have started about Terminal 5 at Heathrow ...
 

Tibeten violence draws local reaction in Northampton
Protesters are uniting today for a global day of action in support of improving human rights in Tibet, which falls on the same day as the Olympic flame's arrival in Bejing, a symbolic day on the Olympic calendar. ...
 

March 31st - Latest News

 

Boycott Beijing Olympics Games?
Korea Times - South Korea
A boycott of the Beijing Olympics would make good moral sense. The Chinese government is monstrous ― a nasty, repressive, exploitative regime with a shiny ...

IOC president's message to Beijing Olympic torch relay
Xinhua - China
I would also like to thank our Chinese friends from the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, and in particular its president Mr. Liu Qi, for their strong ...

Beijing aims to cut down smoking for Olympics
Guardian - UK
The Beijing Olympics start in August. Institutions that fail to comply would face "immediate fines" of up to $5000 yuan ($700), the China Daily said. ...

Beijing Olympics 2008 deprives gold medal cyclists of family tickets
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Gary Cleland Britain's champion cyclists will be watched by just two family members at key sessions of the Beijing Olympics because of tight ticket ...
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China slams EU over Tibet issue -- state media
Inquirer.net - Philippines
"Together with peoples of the rest of the world, the Chinese people will never be shaken in their determination to make the Beijing Olympic Games a great ...
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Australian swimmer's Olympics chances under threat
Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The Australian swimmer Nick D'Arcy may be excluded from the Beijing Olympic team, after he was alleged to have been involved in a fight with another ...
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Bush Should not go to Beijing Olympics
Human Events - Washington,DC,USA
Even the US State Department warns those attending the Beijing Olympics to expect Orwellian intrusion. The State’s website warns that “All hotel rooms and ...
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Aussie swimmers warned of peaking at trials
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Thompson said he would act to rectify the issue for the Beijing Olympics. “We will talk about that at the team meeting so that we start on the right foot ...
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Beijing Olympics Eamon's success a story of resilience
Fox Sports - Surry Hills,NSW,Australia
After he set his second world record in 24 hours at the Olympic Team Swimming Trials, establishing the new 50m freestyle standard at 21.28sec, ...
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FACTBOX: Beijing Olympic torch relay route
Reuters - USA
The flame will arrive in the Chinese capital Beijing for the first time on Monday before it is taken around the globe and across China on a 137000-km (85130 ...
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Olympic Games

Olympic Games
By nswny
German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that she will boycott this summer’s Beijing Olympics. I am curious how this is seen from the perspective of other countries in the world. Obviously China cannot be happy. ...

 

Latest news from around the world...

Trickett has 50, 100 world marks ahead of Beijing Olympics
International Herald Tribune - France
If Hackett wins gold at Beijing he would become the first man to win three successive Olympic titles in the same event. His next competition will be in ...

Boycott of Olympics opening receives chilly response
China Daily - China
BRDO, Slovenia -- The call for a boycott of the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics received chilly response at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in ...

Australia squad for 2008 Beijing Olympics
Guardian - UK
SYDNEY, March 29 (Reuters) - Swimming Australia on Saturday named the following 42-member squad for this year's Beijing Olympics (in alphabetical order). ...
 

Police deployed in Athens for arrival of Olympic torch - Summary
Earthtimes - London,UK
Athens - More than 2000 police will be deployed in Athens this weekend to secure the handover of the Beijing Olympic flame to Chinese organizers after ...

Norwegian rider Thor Hushovd prepared to boycott Beijing Olympics ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP OSLO, Norway: Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd is reportedly prepared to boycott the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics to protest China's crackdown ...

 

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