Olympic torch heads off to Beijing
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While celebrating unprecedented success at the Athens Olympics, China has its sights firmly set on the Beijing Games in four years when they hope to present the country&#39;s new face to the world.
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Double gold medallist Kelly Holmes is chosen to carry the Great Britain flag at the Olympics closing ceremony.
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CHINA intends to make Olympic history by staging part of the 2008 Beijing Games outside its own territory. Top officials have suggested sending Olympians three hours by plane from the Olympic village on the
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BEIJING, Feb. 19 -- Beijing officials on Tuesday defended their relocation of nearly 15,000 people as part of the massive construction projects that have transformed the capital into a 31-venue showcase for the Olympic Games.
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SYDNEY/COLOGNE  - Certain horrifying prospects come to mind as the West gets ready to descend on Beijing to cover the 2008 Olympic Games.
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BEIJING : As the Olympic flame leaves Athens, the eyes of the sporting world are turning towards Beijing. When China hosts the games for the first time in 2008, it will cap an extraordinary 30-year journey
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The IOC has a word of advice for organizers of the 2008 Olympics - prepare. Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Thousands of athletes, sports officials and visitors to Athens began leaving the Greek capital Monday in a mass post-Olympic exodus.
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NEW YORK -- Actress Mia Farrow unveiled plans yesterday for an Olympic-style torch relay beginning this summer as part of a campaign aimed at shaming China into cutting support for Sudan over its role in the Darfur conflict.
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With the Olympics as a launch pad and amid a rising global fascination in all things Chinese, China is expected to replace France as the world&#39;s top tourism destination by 2014, according to experts.
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With an Olympics looming in Beijing, the world track and field championships that begin Saturday in Osaka, Japan, are a prologue. A look at some of the most intriguing events.
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Beijing is planning to reduce the cityâs motor traffic during the games to improve air quality and ease traffic flow.
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On Aug. 8, when the Beijing Olympics begin in promised splendor, a few may reflect on how far or how fast China has come to host this high mark of international prestige.
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The Tibetan leg of the controversial 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay is a "golden" development opportunity, according to the region's top Communist Party official.
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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Two months ago when the Mayor of Athens visited London, she told a story about the preparations for the Athens Games. It went like this: a delegation from Athens visited Beijing where the 2008 Games are to be held.
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In what they hope was practice for the Olympic torch relay, Olympians and New York runners relayed the city's final bid for the 2012 Olympics during a ceremony Thursday on the Brooklyn Bridge.