Daily NationBelated Olympic glory beckons AsbelDaily NationRamzi won gold in the 1500m in Beijing while Rebellin got a cycling silver in China. The other three did not win medals but Schumacher won both time trials …Nick Willis closes in on Olympic silver medalStuff.co.nzall 128 news articles »
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MSN IndonesiaBrazil's president talks up Rio 2016 Olympic bidUSA TodayBrazil, he said, would have nothing to envy from Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics or Sydney's staging of the 2000 games. "Brazil can show what China …Madrid is Rio's biggest Olympic threatThe Timesall 26 news articles »
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Telegraph.co.ukChina prepares to go Tiananmen again - threatening executionsAMERICAblogGiving them the Olympics last year and sending the boot licking political leaders from around the world was a complete waste of time. …The World NewserABC NewsSCENARIOS: Tension in China's restive XinjiangReutersProtests in XinjiangKorea TimesWall Street Journal -Asia Sentinel -euronewsall 7,157 news articles »
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Verbruggen on IOC-USOC money flap: Never a serious proposition …Los Angeles Times… the IOC to argue morality after having awarded the Games to China, which a year later has become even more repressive than it was before the Olympics. …and more »
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Part 1 was released in 2008 before the Beijing Olympics in China and a little later in other East Asian territories. Part 2 was released early in 2009. The ‘Western’ version is a single film (148 minutes in the UK). …
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China’s Facebook Status: Blocked. July 08, 2009 9:22 AM. ABC’s Emily MacDonald reports from Beijing: The Chinese government is not shy about censoring the internet. As tension rose over Tibet before the 2008 Olympics, sites like Youtube …
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… husband’s estate leads a grieving food writer to Beijing where, for a magazine assignment, she also interviews an up-and-coming Chinese-American chef from Ohio who is competing for a place on China’s 2008 Olympics culinary team. …
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Aug 8, 2008 vows end before Olympics closing ceremony. Some back reporting by the China Daily: A couple that got married on Aug 8, 2008, quickly realized that their marriage was destined to be a 100 m dash rather than a marathon. …
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Washington PostProtests in XinjiangKorea TimesAs seen by the terrorist attack in Xinjiang in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, however, the Muslim autonomous province, along with the Dalai Lama’s …Ethnic Riots in West China, …
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URUMQI, China, Jul 8 (Reuters) Banks of paramilitary police fanned out in the far-flung Chinese city of Urumqi today to try to stifle unrest days after 156 people were killed in the region’s worst ethnic violence in decades.
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