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Media censorship, chronic air pollution, doping _ IOC president Jacques Rogge and top Olympic officials meeting this weekend have a lot to discuss in their final review before the Beijing Games.
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In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge delivers a speech at the meeting of the IOC Executive Board in Beijing Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. Media censorship, doping and chronic air...
