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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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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...
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AP, Beijing
China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected accusations by President Barack Obama that China is among nations that regularly harass and detain journalists.
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AP, Beijing
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.
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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...
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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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AP, London
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.
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AP, Manama
The Bahrain Olympic Committee says 1,500-meter gold medalist Rashid Ramzi has tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games.
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AP, Rome
The Italian Olympic Committee has confirmed that Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin has tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games.
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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.
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AP, London
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...
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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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The word “fake” is like a punch line on YouTube. Every video has someone or the other using this word, as if they’ve cracked the code with facts under the belt....
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Swimming’s governing body has adopted new design rules for the high-tech suits that helped produce more than 100 world records since their introduction just over...
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Eco Factor: Sea scooter powered by an electric engine.
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Your sweet little angel deserves the best from you. Present her with this amazing mermaid-like fin to make her fantasy come true.
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Zimbabwe’s top Olympic swimmer has been given a $100,000 dollar reward by the country’s president, Robert Mugabe.
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The Assam water boy Elvis Hazarika continued for his 26 hour long swim as he took water as his weapon to promote the water sports in the...
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AP, Beijing
Russia has won the team event and swept both gold medals in synchronized swimming for the third consecutive Olympics.
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A 21-year-old woman completed a 325-mile swim of the Allegheny River, a month after beginning her journey.
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The Russian synchronized swimming duo of Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova has repeated as Olympic champions.
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Those of you who have wanted to swim real fast like an Olympian champ can do so now, thanks to the Lunocet Monofin. It will help you swim at a speed of 8mph where as...
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His work here done, Michael Phelps spent a few minutes Sunday hitting the highlights.
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Michael Phelps made history yesterday after winning his eighth Olympic gold in Beijing. Mark Spitz said, “I was the equivalent of the first man on the Moon. He’s...
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Cheering from the pool deck, Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games on Sunday to become the grandest of Olympic champions.
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Dara Torres lost an improbable gold medal Sunday morning by one-hundredth of a second _ the same margin that kept Michael Phelps on course to break Mark Spitz’s...
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Michael Phelps swam into history with a magnificent finish Saturday, tying Mark Spitz with his seventh gold medal by the narrowest of margins in the 100-meter...
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Alain Bernard from France celebrates after winning the Men’s 100m Freestyle and setting a new World record in a time of 46.94 seconds during the French Swimming Championships in Montpellier, Southwestern France, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
