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Security tightens more as Olympics get under way
"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...Beijing puts on a show for the world
"China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. China welcomed scores of world leaders to an opening...Jackie Chan’s "catchy" Olympic tune
Jackie Chan’s immense popularity in China and abroad has led the Beijing Olympics organizing committee to make him one of only two authorized solo singers to record tracks for the official Olympic album. He...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Londoners celebrate Beijing Olympics
The Trafalgar Square Festival in London, UK, is set to celebrate the beginning of Beijing Olympics but also the beginning of the countdown to London Olympic Games in 2012. The official handover of the Olympic...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Man sets himself ablaze in anti-China protest
A man from China's Xinjiang provence set himself on fire during a protest on behalf of ethnic Uighurs. The protestor was extinguished by several others, and was taken to hospital."Other demonstrators jumped on the man and quickly extinguished the flames with a blanket, said...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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330 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Beijing ready for Olympic opening
After long spell of controversies in the run up to the Olympic Games, World's focus has now shifted to the opening ceremony. With many years of meticulous planing and building of world...
World leaders descend on Beijing
World leaders have descended on China, just ahead of the most political Olympics in decades, and while protesters were there to meet them, many just seemed happy to be there.Over 80 heads of state and... Purity Balls, Virginity And Puberty, Oh My!
Created in 1997 by Colorado pastor Randy Wilson, the ceremony of the Purity Ball declares the father the sole guardian and keeper of his daughter’s virginity until the day she is married, all during an... Pacquiao cleared as RP flag bearer
" MANILA, Philippines—It’s go for Manny Pacquiao marching with the world’s best athletes as Philippine flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 8. The Philippine Olympic...
created by danesller0127 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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844 views | 5 recommendations | 4 comments
Olympic Opening Ceremony, Fireworks, Blue Screen of Death and Fake Ethnic Chi...
Update 18-08: And again there is some news about faking during the Opening Ceremony. Do you remember those 56 children representing China's 56 ethnic groups? Fake again. Well those children were selected...
created by Milieunet | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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12779 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments
Olympics opening ceremony video leaked
A South Korean news team has sneaked into the Beijing National Stadium and released a video of rehearsals for next week's opening ceremony."Much to the dismay of some Chinese YouTube commenters, a Korean news... On Message: German Olympic Team's New Shirts
Apparently the German Olympic team is ignoring some of those rules of conduct for August... Not only will they be sporting some politically-charged t-shirts, they'll actually have a selection of them." A group...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1956 views | 18 recommendations | 6 comments
Stanley Cup Becomes Baptismal Font
This is why the best trophies are cups - the sheer flexibility: beer-soaked bars to babtism - quite a range of uses.You could never do this with the Vince Lombardy Trophy. It's another case of the interesting case...
created by armchairsports | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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296 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
My cancer victim son's final wish
" PROUD Lorraine Fleming had more reasons than most mums to shed a tear as she saw her son’s bride approaching in all her wedding finery. For bridegroom Reece was just eight years old — and getting “hitched” to his sweetheart Elleanor Pursglove was his last dying...Philippines - WBC lightweight champion "gatecrashes" wedding
Manny Pacquiao, who defeated David Diaz on June 28 to wrest the WBC lightweight title, crashes at a wedding ceremony at the Jaro Cathedral at Jaro District, Iloilo, Philippines. Pacquiao and wife Jinkee, with...
created by jayr_patron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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380 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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