By Wu
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said he is conflicted as to whether the United States should fully participate in the Beijing summer Olympics. "I am hesitant to make the Olympics a site of political protest because I think ...
- http://2008gamesbeijing.com
Xinhua - China
ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The sacred flame of the Beijing Olympics arrived in this Turkish biggest city at 00:05 on Thursday (GMT 2105 on ...
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By B.RAMAN(B.RAMAN)
The Beijing Olympics has already become a blood-stained Olympics. The Chinese are frantically trying to remove those blood stains. We should not help them in their efforts to do so. By lending your name and prestige to the Torch run, ...
Raman's strategic analysis - http://ramanstrategicanalysis.blogspot.com/
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
Despite the stand, the IOC maintains the Beijing Olympics are a force for good that will open up the country. Bhutia had been asked to carry the torch ...
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Beijing endurance events may be unhealthy
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
BEIJING: Endurance events at the Beijing Olympics could pose a health risk if they are staged on heavily polluted days, the International Olympic Committee ...
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Norway may boicott opening ceremony at Beijing Olympics
Norway Post - Bærum,Norway
Both the government coalition parties and the opposition parties are ready to boicott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, unless China takes ...
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Olympic torch controversy
XPRESS - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The rumblings over China's actions in Tibet have been growing steadily as the Beijing Olympics approaches and Bhutia added fuel to the fire by declining the ...
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Readers' Platform: Pride, prejudice and the Olympic torch
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The announced route of the Beijing Olympics torch through San Francisco next week, coupled with the Board of Supervisors' resolution blasting China and ...
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Obama says he's conflicted on US participation in Beijing Olympics
WQAD - Moline,IL,USA
... says he's conflicted about whether the US should be a full participant in this summer's Olympics in Beijing because of China's human rights record. ...
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Swimmer D'Arcy in line for sports award
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
D'Arcy set a Commonwealth record in winning the national 200m butterfly title at the trials, which won him selection in the team for the Beijing Olympics. ...
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Leave China's Olympics alone
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Calls for boycotts or demonstrations against the looming Beijing Olympics are wrong and should be stopped. They are not honorable. ...
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Bangkok Post - Thailand
By Bill Smith, dpa Beijing (dpa) - The International Olympic Committee's coordinator for the 2008 Olympics on Thursday made an impassioned plea for ...
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