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Please say yes…to all doping at the Olympics
Sep 19 2008, John

Even the laziest among us must have heard about the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Most of us probably saw the huge teams from China, the US and Russia; as well as the 10 odd lonely-looking Ugandans, as they matched into the Bird’s Nest Stadium. And...

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The Ten Most Gruesome Scifi Death Sports
Zuliya, Washington
Maybe the Olympic Games are all about fostering world peace and crap like that, but we know that sports of the future will be the stuff of bloody, oil-fueled...
Sports, Death, Sports, Olympic Games
made popular Aug 14 2008
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Relative of U.S. volleyball coach killed
Pooja, Shimla
A Chinese man killed a relative of a U.S. men’s volleyball coach and injured another family member in a stabbing at a popular tourist spot in Beijing on...
Sports, Olympic Games, Olympic s 2008, Beijing
made popular Aug 10 2008
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Games begin with spectacular show
Madhuri Katti, Kolkata
The 2008 Olympic Games were launched at a dazzling ceremony in Beijing, as athletes from more than 200 countries gathered in the Bird’s Nest stadium. Drums, a...
Olympic Games, Opening ceremony, Beijing, China
made popular Aug 9 2008
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Cough, cough- Beijing's Pollution Problems and the Olympics
Incognito, Atlanta
Beijing has a major pollution problem that Chinese officials don’t seem quite as able to control as they do their citizens, and I can only imagine how frustrating...
Beijing, China, Olympic Games
made popular Aug 7 2008
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Have the Games changed China?
Madhuri Katti, Kolkata
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes lived and worked in China for eight years from 1998-2006. Ahead of the Olympics he returned to Beijing to assess whether they...
Politics & Society, Olympic Games, human rights, change
made popular Aug 8 2008
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China unveils emergency pollution plans for Games
Subhabrata, New Delhi
When Olympic is round the corner China is still dogged by the persistent pollution problems. Thick pollution blanketed the Chinese capital on Sunday — one of the...
Environment, Olympic Games, Smog, Beijing Olympics
made popular Aug 1 2008
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Dalai Lama May Be Invited To Olympic Games
Nick, La
A SENIOR Chinese official has asked whether Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would agree to attend the Beijing Olympics to ease recent tensions,
Sports, Dalai Lama, Olympic Games, China
made popular May 12 2008
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The Flame of Shame
Amanda Thomas, newbury
This Sunday, as well as bringing unseasonable snowfall across Britain saw the Olympic torch arrive on our shores. And what a debacle it’s procession through the...
Politics & Society, Olympic torch, Olympic games
made popular Apr 7 2008
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Olympic Games in danger “Tibet independence forces" planning suicide attacks: China
Vikas, solan
Chinese governments claimed that the rebels Tibetans were in the process of organizing “suicide squads” for strikes across china during Olympic Games across...
Politics & Society, tibet, china, olympic games
made popular Apr 2 2008
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Lhasa on fire: Can monks free Tibet?
Pankaj, Shimla
# Violent protests in Lhasa as Buddhist monks and other ethnic Tibetans clashed with Chinese security forces puts the dragon in jeopardy like never before. # The...
Politics & Society, Tibetan Protests, Lhasa
made popular Mar 15 2008
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Should performance-enhancing drugs be legalized in sports?
Ashutosh, Chandigarh
Doping has become a major headache in the sports world with more athletes, giving caution to wind, are getting involved in scandals that rock the very foundations of...
Doping, Olympic games, WADA, IOC
made popular Jan 4 2007
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