China targets Google in crackdown on pornography (AP via Yahoo! News)
January 6th, 2009 China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google.
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China targets Google in pornography crackdown (AP via Yahoo! News)
January 6th, 2009 China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government crackdowns targeting Internet content.
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Youth Olympics kick off next week (The West Australian)
January 6th, 2009A record number of Australian athletes look set to dominate the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in January. Australia will field 660 athletes and officials, China 273, New Zealand 229, Great Britain 190 and Japan 117 as they prepare their young competitors for the London Olympics.
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Pyeongchang Makes 3rd Bid to Host Winter Olympics - 코리아타임즈
January 4th, 2009Pyeongchang Makes 3rd Bid to Host Winter Olympics코리아타임즈, South Korea - 14 hours agoMeanwhile, four months after serving as host of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China is mulling a bid to host the 2018 Winter Games in the northern city of …
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Tianjin, China - Reuters
January 4th, 2009Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Tianjin, ChinaReuters - Jan 2, 2009As a host city of some soccer events during the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Tianjin has had a lot of money spent on it, including a massive revamping of its …
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Nick Scandone dies at 42; Orange County gold medalist in sailing … - Los Angeles Times
January 4th, 2009Nick Scandone dies at 42; Orange County gold medalist in sailing …Los Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours ago… Rocky, accompanied him to China and cheered him on during the international competition for disabled athletes held weeks after the Summer Olympics. …
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Free Chinese Lesson - 26th Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996 | Learn …
January 4th, 2009Subscribe to free Email Newsletter Library>Culture ABC>Sports 26th Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996 Date: 19 July - 04 August.
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china olympics 2008 - Flash: Sarsekbayev denies Cuba gold
January 4th, 2009china olympics 2008 - Flash: Sarsekbayev denies Cuba gold. Banteaux Suarez was Cuba’s last chance of winning a Boxing gold medal at Beijing 2008. Tags: china and tibet olympics controversy, banteaux, olympic torch relay, china olympics …
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games China Watch Online - Olympics
January 4th, 2009Beijing 2008 Olympic Games China Watch Online - Beijing 2008 Olympic Games China.
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The China Beat: 2008 Retrospective: Olympics in Taiwan
January 4th, 2009Olympic fever still hasn’t waned in China (especially in Beijing), but when I was living in Taiwan this summer, it seemed Olympic excitement had already run its course or maybe it never even took off. While China was gripped by Olympic …
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