Olympic training helped end siege
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Anti-terrorist training received by Greek police ahead of this year&#39;s Olympic Games helped resolve the Athens bus hijacking, the government has said.
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The men's marathon and volleyball final are among the highlights on the final day of the Olympics.
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With faux insurgents, fake bombs, real concrete barriers and a little city of tents, training to prepare Reservists and National Guard members for Iraq is becoming more realistic.
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The &quot;Win One for Mia and the Gang&quot; speech US women&#39;s soccer coach April Heinrichs delivered before Monday&#39;s Olympic semifinal match got the job done.
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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.
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The 17-day Olympic Games passed the halfway point this weekend, and the best news on the security front was that there was no news at all.
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By Scheherezade Faramarzi, Associated Press, 9/14/2004 07:48. TAL AFAR, Iraq  US and Iraqi forces allowed civilians to return to Tal Afar on Tuesday, signaling an end to a siege of the northern city that
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WHEN it came, the end of the siege at School No1 in the small north Ossetian town of Beslan was the worst possible outcome. It was protracted, chaotic and bloody and a catastrophe not just for the families
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BBC News Online looks at how the crisis surrounding the siege of a school in the Russian town of Beslan, where more than 300 people are being held hostage, is developing.
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Chinese soldiers will be given more extensive training ahead of this year's Beijing Olympics to deal with potential terrorist attacks, including nuclear and biochemical threats, state media said on Monday.
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Video image of hostages sitting below explosives strung from basketball hoops in the gymnasium of a school in Beslan, Russia. Photograph: NTV/AP.
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"Bomb, bomb," a man shouts, as a group of Iraqis dives for cover. It's all a drill &#151; part of six-week course to train new guards who will oversee thousands of prisoners taken into custody in the ongoing Baghdad security crackdown.
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Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics yesterday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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A daylong hostage siege ended early yesterday morning after two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.
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A major step in the construction of the   showpiece stadium for the 2008 Olympics was taken on Sunday   when the interlocking steel superstructure that gives the arena   its "Bird's Nest" shape was freed of its supports.
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A daylong hostage siege ended here early Thursday morning after two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.
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ATHENS - Bronze is better than nothing. That&#39;s one Olympic lesson the US men&#39;s basketball team was able to understand. The Americans took the third-place game seriously Saturday night, earning some revenge