China Olympics

SkySportsGold medal winners all included on New Year listScotsman, United Kingdom - 5 hours agoThe nation enjoyed most success in 2008 on two wheels, with the 32-year-old Hoy becoming the first Briton in 100 years to leave a single Olympics with three …Sport stars lead New Year Honours BBC NewsHoy tops Honours List SkySportsQueen Elizabeth to honor triple Olympic champion cyclist GMA news.tvYorkshire Evening Postall 464 news articles

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Unexpected twists make 2008 an epochal yearChristian Science Monitor, MA - 9 hours agoMeanwhile, the Chinese Olympics showcased three decades of national development – and China's ruthless smothering of dissent. Elsewhere in the world, …

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Javno.hrReport: Number of journalists killed dropsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 13 hours ago… 673 journalists were arrested, down from 887 in 2007. In China, 38 reporters were arrested, in many cases for coverage during the Olympics, the group said.Int'l media group: RP among ‘hot zones’ in journalists' killings GMA news.tvFewer journalists killed in 2008, rights group says Reutersall 74 news articles

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2008 a big year for China Zimbabwe Star, Zimbabwe - 32 minutes ago. The stunning pyrotechnical display that opened the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing in August is a fitting image to remember as China closes the book on 2008 . …

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Top 10 Chinese athletes in 2008. Xinhua, China - 46 minutes ago. The 25-year-old became China’s first male Olympic fencing champion by winning the men’s sabre individual event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. …

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The country’s success in space and at the Olympics went a long way toward countering the damage of a tainted-milk scandal that reinforced China’s reputation as a manufacturer of unsafe products. According to the latest figures from the …

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Some of the 2008 Olympic soccer match between China and Sweden.

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Hoy’s knighthood topped Queen Elizabeth II’s list that gave every British Olympic champion an honor following the country’s best medal haul in a century. Team GB brought 19 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze medals back from China in August. …

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Jake Deitchler expected to wrestle in the Olympics some day. Deitchler’s dream came true a few years early.

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Northwest Airlines, due to poor market conditions in light of the weakened global economy, is the latest carrier seeking to delay or cut back long-coveted U.S.-China service.

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