Monday, April 7, 2008

Beijing Olympics Latest News - 6 April, 2008 - 2

Victoria's Say heads to third Olympics
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
... by 19-year-old Ryan Cochrane of Victoria, who earlier in the week set a Canadian record in the 400 metres to earn his spot into the Beijing Olympics. ...
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India: The Olympic Torch and Tibet
Global Voices Online - Cambridge,MA,USA
What Avinash is pointing out in his blog is that Tibet and Beijing Olympics issues need to be de-coupled. While Bhutia has decided not to carry the torch, ...
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French president likely to boycott Beijing Olympics
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Paris (dpa) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will only attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China meets three conditions which include ...
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Chinese ambassador: Attempts to sabotage Olympic torch relay ...
Xinhua - China
The Beijing Olympics is not only a great event for the 1.3 billion Chinese people but for the peoples around the world as well, Zhou said, ...
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IOC chief satisfied with Beijing's preparations for Olympics
Xinhua - China
We just had the visit to Beijing by the IOC Coordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games led by Hein Verbruggen. We now just have 127 or 128 ...
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Smith calls for Olympics boycott
PolitickerNJ - NJ,USA
By Matt Friedman While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already called on President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics this summer ...
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Let the Games go on US should not boycott the Beijing Olympics
The Register-Guard - Eugene,OR,USA
Once again Eugene is hosting an Olympic Trials, and once again there is talk of an Olympic boycott. Preparations for the Beijing Games have been ...
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Draws Near
By jessie@jpsimbulan.com (Jessie Simbulan)
The Beijing Olympics 2008 draws near as it commences this coming August. I wonder what the Philippine Olympic team has been doing at this time wherein fact the Chinese Olympic team has been... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
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Vazquez: A boycott of Beijing Olympic would be 'serious error'
USA Today - USA
By Stephen Wade, AP Sports Writer BEIJING ― The head of an organization that oversees 205 national Olympic committees said politicians who encourage a ...
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Bubka warns against Beijing Olympic boycotts for sake of athletes
The Canadian Press - SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE ― Former pole vaulting great and IOC executive board member Sergei Bubka is warning against any move toward a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. ...
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Vazquez: A boycott of Beijing Olympic would be 'serious error'
International Herald Tribune - France
AP BEIJING: The head of a body that oversees 205 national Olympic committees says politicians who encourage a boycott ― or partial boycott ― of the Beijing ...
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Beijing Olympic torch relay in St. Petersburg ends
第29届奥林匹克运动会网站 - 北京,China
PETERSBURG, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay in St. Petersburg, the third leg of its global journey, ended on Saturday afternoon at the ...
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