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One of the main aims of Paralympics is to promote disabled persons’ cause. However, organizing it separately, with very less world attention, is not fulfilling the purpose. Organizing it within the main Summer Olympics would draw the world’s...
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Take a look at this rather bizarre bike. Apart from the fact that its wheels don’t have spokes, they’re not round either.
The front wheel is a rounded off...
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AP, Beijing
Mexican officials angry about China’s decision to quarantine more than 70 Mexicans over swine flu fears sent a plane Monday to the communist country to bring its...
made popular May 4 2009
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China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected accusations by President Barack Obama that China is among nations that regularly harass and detain journalists.
made popular May 4 2009
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More than 70 Mexican travelers have been quarantined in hospitals and hotels in China as part of sweeping anti-swine flu measures, the country’s ambassador to...
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China has reopened its land border to tourists traveling to North Korea after a three-year break, with a group of 71 tourists visiting the isolated country, state media...
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A new Chinese spy museum exhibits guns disguised as lipstick, hollowed-out coins used to conceal documents and maps hidden as a deck of cards.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Beijing
Beijing has temporarily averted a trade clash with Washington by scaling back a demand for foreign suppliers of computer security technology to disclose how their...
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With a gold medalist in one its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, London
The last of the six athletes caught in drug retests from the Beijing Games has now been identified _ it’s Dominican women’s weightlifter Yudelquis...
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Bahrain’s first Olympic track and field gold medalist, an Italian cycling silver medalist and a prominent German cyclist are among the six athletes caught for...
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A person with knowledge of the results says Greek race walker Athanasia Tsoumeleka and Croatian 800-meter runner Vanja Perisic are among the six Olympic athletes caught...
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AP, Stuttgart
The German cycling federation says Stefan Schumacher is one of the six athletes who tested positive for CERA at the Beijing Olympics.
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Manama
The Bahrain Olympic Committee says 1,500-meter gold medalist Rashid Ramzi has tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games.
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Rome
The Italian Olympic Committee has confirmed that Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin has tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games.
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Rome
Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin has rejected allegations that he tested positive for doping at the Beijing Olympics, saying the result was “a...
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Add the Beijing Games to that growing list of Olympics where winners and losers are still being sorted out long after the torch goes dark.
made popular Apr 29 2009
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The IOC’s pursuit of drug cheats from the Beijing Olympics paid off Tuesday with confirmation that six athletes _ including two medalists _ turned up positive for...
made popular Apr 28 2009
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A person familiar with a new round of drug tests from the Beijing Olympics says two medalists were among six athletes who turned up positive when their blood samples...
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AP, Lausanne
The IOC says six Olympic athletes have turned up positive for doping in retests on samples from the Beijing Games.
made popular Apr 28 2009
AP, Lausanne
The IOC says six Olympic athletes have been found positive for doping in retesting of Beijing samples.
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A teachers union says an e-mail from the Chicago school board appears to force principals to support the city’s bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016.
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The International Olympic Committee’s evaluation team encountered a small group of protesters Friday while touring proposed venues during their visit to assess...
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AP, Seoul
The South Korean city of Busan has announced its intention to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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AP, Chicago
Illinois should be basking in the glory of native son Barack Obama’s presidential election victory and a high-profile bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Instead,...
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The city of Chicago is getting the kind of high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics that only Oprah Winfrey can give.
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The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was conducted Aug. 7-11 and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative...
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A look at NBC Universal’s coverage of the Summer Olympics:
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BEIJING (AP) _ President Bush has arrived in Beijing for the Summer Olympics amid tensions with the Chinese over his demand that the rising world power grant more...
made popular Aug 7 2008
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President Bush has arrived in Beijing for the Summer Olympics amid tensions with the Chinese over his demand that the rising world power grant more freedom to its...
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AP, Washington
Before attending the Summer Olympics in Beijing next month, President Bush will visit South Korea, the site of violent protests over the import of U.S. beef.The White...
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Amidst all the anticipation for the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing to begin, the hosts of the next Olympic games in London are already parading their own grandeur for...
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Military engineers used a controlled explosion Friday to safely destroy a giant, rusting World War II-era bomb that was discovered during construction for the 2012...
made popular Jun 6 2008
AP, Athens
Chicago was among the four cities picked as finalists Wednesday for the 2016 Summer Olympics, setting the stage for a high-profile bidding contest between candidates...
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AP, Athens
The IOC has picked four finalists in the bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics.Making the cut are Chicago; Tokyo; Madrid, Spain, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Three cities...
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AP, Beijing
China launched a weather forecasting satellite Tuesday to help predict the weather for the Summer Olympics, a state news agency said.The Fengyun-3 was launched on a...
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A new IRS filing shows Chicago’s Olympic organizing committee raised more than $32 million during its successful effort to be selected the American bidder for the...
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China’s inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, according to data released Monday, increasing pressure on Beijing to cool rapidly ascending...
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China’s inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rapid price rises and avert possible unrest ahead of the...
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The Dalai Lama’s envoys met Chinese officials Sunday in the first talks between the two sides since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet, bringing...
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