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Apr 23 2008, Alpheus

With the Olympic games shrouded in so much controversy, one does really wonder if we are talking about games or the state of world affairs. The magnum opus has already lost a lot of sheen, thanks to ever-so-dogmatic China. The cynosure has, therefore,...

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