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Saturday, 6 September 2008
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Brightman to sing at Games opening
Singer Sarah Brightman and China's Liu Huan will sing at Friday's opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, organisers said on Wednesday.
06 Aug 2008 |
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Torch cheered in Tiananmen Square
Euphoric crowds chanting "Go Olympics, Go Beijing" cheered the Olympic flame through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday at the end of its troubled global relay.
06 Aug 2008 |
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Police killed in west China ahead of Games
Assailants armed with grenades and knives killed 16 police in a restive western region of China on Monday, state media said, in just the sort of violence Beijing had hoped to avoid four days before the Olympics.
04 Aug 2008 |
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Organisers to lift Internet restrictions
The International Olympic Committee and the Chinese organisers BOCOG have agreed to lift all Internet restrictions for media covering the Beijing Games, the IOC told Reuters on Friday.
01 Aug 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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