Olympic Torch Arrives in Canada for Relay & Vancouver 2010 Games

"VANOC CEO John Furlong watches Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson lower the Olympic Flame in a miner's lantern to touch Canadian soil. He disembarks a Canadian Forces CC 150 Polaris (Airbus A-310) aircraft upon...

IOC and Chinese ideologies. The losers, the Chinese people

The international Olympic Committee is above all a corporate profit making body. Therefore, its size, and  its ruthlessness, in ensuring that  profit projections are realized are paramount. It is not concerned with the suffering of the poor through higher taxes,...

Olympic flame target of more protests

Amidst tight security and accusations by journalists of state sanctioned censorship the Olympic flame reached Thessaloniki, the Greece’s second city.However, the controversy and protests that dogged the...

Olympia at the centre of attention for the lighting of the Olympic flame

Olympia centre of attention for the lighting of the Olympic flame.The countdown for the Olympic games in Beijing started with the lighting of the Olympic flame. The flame was lit by Maria Naypliotou who completed...

Olympic flame to ascend Everest

"The Olympic flame is to be taken to the top of Mount Everest as part of the build-up to the 2008 Games in Beijing"

Olympic flame to ascend Everest

"The Olympic flame is to be taken to the top of Mount Everest as part of the build-up to the 2008 Games in Beijing."

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