Olympic Committee has announced positive tests for six athletes from the Beijing Games last year. The new testing has revealed use of CERA a form of the blood booster EPO. Thee track and field...
Chinese officials have released a list of suspects wanted for plotting a series of terrorist attacks during this year's Summer Olympic games in Beijing. The eight Chinese nationals are believed to be members of...
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It is very unfortunate that Nepal's democratically elected Prime Minister Prachanda had to give a piece of shameful explanation to media as soon as he landed at the airport after a four-day visit to China. Due to Nepal's internal political dilemma, neither the head of the...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday met Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda), who reached China yesterday for attending the concluding ceremony of the Beijing Olympics...
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Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) on Saturday flew to China to participate in the concluding ceremony of the Beijing Olympics 2008. He was invited by the Chinese government on the eve of the...
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I got a tip from my friend John E. Carey today pointing me to this story about China and its glowing human rights record."Two elderly women were sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they applied for permits to demonstrate during the Olympics, according to...
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Libby Tricket has become Australia's second golden girl with her win in the 100m butterfly in Beijing today. The medal is Libby Trickett's first individual Olympic gold. [Ge Trickett put forth a brillian swim to claim gold, and fellow countrywoman Jessica...
Spare a thought today for all those residents of Beijing who have been forced out of their homes (often the lanes around Tiananmen Square) so that the Olympic projects could be built. In particular,...
The Canadian wing of Amnesty International has launched its own Olympic Stadium online.What is interesting about this campaign is its approach. Amnesty is asking people to light a candle and send a message...
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Those valuable Olympic highlights, that some TV networks pay millions of dollars to broadcast are now going to be available free for all on YouTube, Reuters has announced today. Clips and highlights of Olympic events are to be made available on the video-sharing site YouTube,...
Australian Olympic Games website beijing2008.net.au is reporting that glamour swim couple Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan have announced their break up, but deny it will distract them during the Beijing Olympics. No evidence of this distraction is evident in the...
Australia has finalized its roster for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Aussie-centric Olympic Games website beijing2008.net.au today reported that, with the exception of two roster positions that still undergoing appeals, the Green and Gold will field 433 athletes in 26...
Michael Bristow who is a BBC Correspondent in Beijing China wrote an article in the BBC News Website: “Is China Ready for the Olympics”? After reading such slander including the so called air pollution”, the time has arrived to clear the air. The reason for such...
Becky Hammon who is a native of South Dakota and an All American Girl who plays for the WNBA [Women's National Basketball Association] has been called a traitor. The reason is that she is playing for the Russian Women's Basketball Team during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The...