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Friday, 25 July 2008
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Chinese push and shove for last chance Games tickets
Unwashed, unfed and lacking sleep, tens of thousands of Chinese shouted, pushed and shoved for their last chance at Olympic tickets on a hot and smoggy Friday, threatening to break through barricades.
25 Jul 2008 |
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China security forces vow to thwart Games threats
Ranks of Chinese paramilitary police swore to prevent terrorist attacks or "political incidents" disrupting the Beijing Olympics in a show of force at the Games' main stadium, a state newspaper reported on Thursday.
24 Jul 2008 |
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Sarkozy to attend Olympics opening
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the opening ceremony of next month's Beijing Olympics, representing the European Union as well as his own country, his office said on Wednesday.
09 Jul 2008 |
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One month to go: Beijing prepares to deliver
With a month remaining until the opening ceremony of one of the most scrutinised Olympic Games in history, the time has come for Beijing to deliver on seven years of promises and billions of dollars spent.
07 Jul 2008 |
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China presses Dalai Lama ahead of Games
China's stance on future talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama rests on how he answers demands not to disrupt next month's Beijing Olympics, an official said, highlighting intense anxieties about the Games.
07 Jul 2008 |
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Bush to attend Olympics ceremonies
U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday.
04 Jul 2008 |
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BP is new partner to 2012 Olympics
On Thursday it was announced that BP had signed to become the latest partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
03 Jul 2008 |
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China condemns Dalai Lama on torch relay
Chinese-appointed Tibetan leaders used the passing of the Olympic torch relay through the capital Lhasa on Saturday to defend Communist Party control of the remote Buddhist region and denounce the exiled Dalai Lama.
21 Jun 2008 |
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Security marks Silk Road torch relay
The Olympic torch was paraded on Wednesday through China's sensitive former Silk Road city of Kashgar, home to ethnic-minority Muslim Uighurs, under the scrutiny of soldiers and choreographed cheering crowds.
18 Jun 2008 |
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Johnson slams brakes on Olympic gravy train
London will have no Olympic gravy train pulling in to Beijing in August after mayor Boris Johnson announced a 1.2 million pounds cut to his city's hospitality budget during the Games in the Chinese capital.
13 Jun 2008 |
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