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Beijing city govt will not restrict private car purchases - XinhuaForbes, NY - 8 hours agoBEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - The city government of Beijing will not restrict car purchases, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing a senior city official …Beijing increases government investment by 6 [...]

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Sports in briefSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoJohn Morse shot a 2-over 74 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over Robert Thompson after the third round of the Champions qualifying tournament in Coral …Morse leads Champions Tour Q-school SI.comall 38 news articles

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OLD WHEELCHAIR RUINED MY BEIJING PARALYMPICS AMBITION - PunchNo. I fell down from the staircase when I was two years old. My parents rushed me to the hospital but I was told the injection I was given at the hospital caused the permanent deformity. How did you feel growing up with the disability? Actually I [...]

Olympics plenary: confidence and cost cuts - Guardian UnlimitedAs my photo (taken yesterday) shows, the Olympic Stadium continues to take shape. Being a persuadable Games sceptic and resident of an Olympic borough I draw a certain confidence from this. Seb Coe was sounding pretty confident too when questioned by
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'Too many questions' surround Olympic village deal, candidate saysGlobe and Mail, Canada - Nov 6, 2008The city has assumed some financial risk by guaranteeing that the Olympic village will be finished by next November, he said. …Vancouver approves $100M bailout for Olympic Village developer CBC.caVancouver bails out developer of Olympic village site Journal of CommerceAll calm at [...]

If Mexicans believed their national team had reached its nadir earlier this year when Hugo Sanchez was fired after ElTri’s Olympic qualifying failure, yet another dose of unwelcome reality has intruded in recent months. With just one game to go in more
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Pot plants instead of bouquets for medallists at 2012 London Olympics - Daily TelegraphOfficials are proposing to give athletes home-grown plants, rather than flowers flown in from abroad, due to the hefty carbon footprint such flights would leave. Tessa Jowell, the minister for the Olympics, has confirmed in parliament that “locally
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As Olympics Loom, Sochi Hurries to Be ReadyRocky Mount Telegram, NC - 23 hours agoThe goal, Russian government officials insist, is not only to ready Sochi for the Olympics, but to transform the town into a Mediterranean-style tourist …

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Fans venture to Forks, Wash., to enter 'Twilight' zoneLeader-Telegram, WI - Nov 15, 2008Tourist-friendly Port Angeles - a base from [...]

PHOENIX - So you thought I was kidding, right? Well, it happened. It’s real. And here are XLII reasons why: I: And never forget it: Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat. II: Eli Manning’s escape from a Patriots sandwich, Part 1 of The Greatest more
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Vancouver city councillor Tim Stevenson is accusing NPA mayoral candidate Peter Ladner of misplacing confidential council documents about the 2010 Olympic Village. Stevenson says soon after the in-camera meeting on Olympic more
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The main objective of the UNICEF sports mainstreaming programme in Rwanda is to contribute to the integration of orphans and other vulnerable children (OVCs) in their communities, through their participation in sport activities with other children more
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Ex-mayors attack Olympic leak - The ProvinceVancouver mayors past and present agreed yesterday that the secret details of a $100-million loan to bail out the developer of the Olympic Athletes Village should not have been leaked to the press. Former Vision Vancouver mayor (now Sen.) Larry

BNOC Affiliates Agree On Structures - Mmegi Online

BNOC Affiliates Agree On StructuresMmegi Online, Botswana - 22 hours agoOther issues discussed include qualifying standards and sending sportsmen and women to high performance centres. Affiliates called for competitions to be …

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American Sharks Circling Around NewcastleGoal.com, Switzerland - 15 hours agoA bevy of a-list sports magnates, [...]

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Eastside Paralympian Marin Morrison stars Sunday on NBCSeattle Times, United States - Nov 7, 2008The cauldron is snuffed on the Olympic Games. Many of the fans and nearly all the world's media go home. And the Paralympic Games begin, with thousands of …2008 Paralympics To Finally Be [...]

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Olympic hopefuls count on reboundChicago Tribune, United States - 18 hours ago2Building the village: The notion that Chicagoans would snap up the 3500 to 4000 apartments expected at an Olympic Village on the fast-emerging Near South …Obama=Olympics? The Plain Dealer - cleveland.comall 456 news articles

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The far side: Washington's Olympic National Park makes a gorgeous …Seattle Times, United States - 13 hours agoBut tourists increasingly sustain the town, including hikers, RVers, fishermen and fans of the "Twilight" series, the best-selling vampire/teen-love novels …

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Lions 100: The greatest players to have toured with the British …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours agoThe Olympic [...]

Sports in Brief: 14 charged in rowdy Penn State celebration - Philadelphia Inquirer

Sports in Brief: 14 charged in rowdy Penn State celebrationPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 8, 2008Susan Haywood, who was left off the 2004 US Olympic mountain-biking team because of a clerical error in the qualifying-series standings, was awarded nearly …

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LONDON : Stocks markets and oil prices may dip and dive, but Olympic organizers with preparations under way for three games in the next six years aren’t breaking a sweat. The reasons? Time and television money. The global economic downturn has more
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Britain's youth offer vision of futureTimes Online, UK - 3 hours agoShe took three emphatic victories to underline her point that she could have matched the three Olympic golds of Chris Hoy in Beijing, if only there had been …Brailsford impatient to get his Beijing heroes back on track guardian.co.ukCycling: Britain carry on where they left off [...]