Athens Hosts Record Games
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More than 3,800 disabled athletes gathered Friday in Athens, Greece, for the opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games&#39; 44-year history.
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The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics on Friday -- about $11.6 billion, and it might climb higher. The tally announced by the government was almost double the original estimate, making the games by far the most expensive in Olympic history.
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LIKE a rank outsider, Athens has surprised the pundits by hosting an Olympic Games that has run with the mathematical precision mastered by the ancient Greeks.
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ATHENS, Greece -- In a rented warehouse in Athens&#39; Alimos neighborhood, a group of Greek florists with blistered fingers are working to be a part of Olympic history.
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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A member of the Chinese Olympic Committee came to Athens last May. He visited our Olympic sites, which were still under construction, and met members of the Greek Olympic Committee.
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Despite sluggish ticket sales and a scandal involving their star athletes, members of Winnipeg&#39;s Greek community are still thrilled Greece is hosting this year&#39;s Olympic Games. &quot;There&#39;s a lot of excitement,&quot; said Chris Iacovidis, president of the Greek ...
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In the midst of the heaving throng of more than 100,000 who turned out in Athens to welcome home the victorious Greek soccer team last month, someone asked how Athens would deal with the crowds during the Olympics.
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Greece, an ancient nation, searched its  soul over a new doping scandal on Saturday while Michael  Phelps, a fresh-faced American teenager, prepared to enter the  Olympic record books without having to swim a stroke. The  Olympics started its eighth day with 32 gold medals up for  grabs in what has been dubbed ~Super Saturday.~
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The Greek government says  this year's Olympic Games in Athens cost 8.8bn euros  -  almost double the original estimate.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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While the world's best athletes fight the noble Olympic battle in stadiums and pools, their fans storm the streets of Athens, turning the Greek capital into a huge international party every night.
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The Athens Olympics will cost a total of  almost 10 billion euros ($12.09 billion), more than double the  original target, pushing Greece's budget gap well above EU  limits, finance ministry sources said on Wednesday.
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ATHENS - Hicham El Guerrouj completed the first Olympic 1500-5000 double since Finn Paavo Nurmi 80 years ago on the penultimate day of the Athens Games on Saturday.
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ATHENS (CP) - Canada had its biggest one-day medal haul at the Athens Olympics on Saturday, picking up a medal of every colour on the eve of the Games finale.
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Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry armed herself with a world record while Michael Phelps targeted his fourth Olympic gold medal backed by a Games record in qualifying for Thursday&#39;s finals.
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ATHENS -- Today, Olympians will be in the ancient stadium at Olympia for the shot put competition. Been there, but haven&#39;t done that.