Archive for September, 2007

Torch bearer program for Beijing Olympics - CCTV

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Torch bearer program for Beijing OlympicsCCTV, China -4 hours agoIn today's feature, we find out more about the torch bearer program for the Beijing Olympics, and about those who carried the flame in the previous Games in …

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Beijing selects first batch of 870 Olympic volunteers - Xinhua

Beijing selects first batch of 870 Olympic volunteersXinhua, China -3 hours agoA total of 100000 Games-time volunteers will be chosen for the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics - about 70000 for the Olympics and about 30000 for the …

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Call for Ireland pressure over Burma - Irish Times

Call for Ireland pressure over BurmaIrish Times, Ireland -1 hour agoIreland should boycott the 2008 Olympics in Beijing if China doesn't use its influence on the political crisis in Burma, Trócaire said today. …

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South Korea's Taekwondo Earns 3 Beijing Berths - Korea Times

South Korea's Taekwondo Earns 3 Beijing BerthsKorea Times, South Korea -4 hours agoBy Kang Seung-woo South Korea's taekwondo team earned three appearances to the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in …

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Chinese man arrested for running fake Beijing 2008 Olympics Web … - International Herald Tribune

Chinese man arrested for running fake Beijing 2008 Olympics Web …International Herald Tribune, France -3 hours agoAP BEIJING: Police in southern China have arrested a man for running a phony Beijing 2008 Olympics Web site that bilked fans by running bogus contests, …

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Re: [Reader-list] reader-list Digest, Vol 50, Issue 151

>Beijing is hosting the 2008 Olympics. >(Which it never should have been awarded. With its >godawful human rights >record. Its polluted air. And all the crap they’ll be >selling, made by what >practically amounts to slave labor.) …
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US Soccer Team Salvages 2007 World Cup Soccer Third

Click here for the full report on the game between the USA and Norway. Add to Technorati Favorites AddThis Social Bookmark Button AddThis Feed Button StumbleUpon FIFA Women’s World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer.
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A challenge to China

In the seven years since China won the bid to host the 2008 Olympics, critics have repeatedly raised concerns over its human rights record. Not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics has there been such a groundswell of protest, with growing …
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Mark Lopez fails to qualify in taekwando qualifier

Mark Lopez from Texas failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics at the Taekwondo Qualification Event currently being held in Manchester. He lost to South Korea’s Son Tae Jin. He will have one more chance to qualify at the Am Olympic…
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Break Time

Break time in Beijing Lunch time is an important time of the day for many workers as it offers not only a chance to eat, but a chance to sleep. These two workers were sleeping undisturbed in a busy underpass where hundreds of people …
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