Athletes resist pressure to play politics in Beijing
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Britain's climb-down last weekend looks to have ended attempts to gag athletes at the Beijing Olympics but there is growing resentment among top Olympians about pressure on them to speak out on political issues.
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U.S. activists launched a fresh campaign on Wednesday to press 2008 Olympics host China to persuade its ally Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur, but rejected calling for a boycott of the landmark Beijing event.
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As its Olympic Games approach, the plight of  many of the country's retired sports stars, uneducated and impoverished, is drawing attention
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BEIJING: China&#39;s ruling party leadership began a much-anticipated meeting in Beijing amid an apparent power struggle at the heart of the organization.
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Despite hopes that hosting the Games would prompt an easing on human rights in China, dissidents say they've seen no sign of a change
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Olympic chiefs have ruled out cutting ticket prices despite poor attendances.
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A Beijing official denies reports the city will expel migrant workers during the 2008 Olympics but the government is considering how to keep the mentally ill from "damaging the public interest" during the Games.
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Olympics: The Prince of Wales' decision not to go to Beijing is being used in a campaign to boycott the games
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THE OLYMPIC Games have their anthem, their rings, their heroes, and their sponsors. Now, with the Beijing 2008 games, they have their prisoners. The Chinese government is not just building fine stadiums, it is also arresting those who dare to condemn human rights violations in China. The political police are getting ready for the Olympics in their own way, bringing ...
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This is only February, and six months remain before the Beijing Olympics, but many elite track and field athletes are already establishing their Olympic credentials or trying and not succeeding.
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Many athletes exude ideals of Games, from embraces in the pool to a fencing timeout. By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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China's arrest of a prominent rights campaigner is part of an increasing crackdown on critics that breaks promises it made to land the Olympics, said activists who called for world pressure on Beijing.
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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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BEIJING, Feb. 14 -- An activist who helped organize a petition complaining that Chinese want "human rights, not the Olympics" will be tried for inciting subversion against the state, his lawyer said Thursday.
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US National Basketball Association stars are concerned that playing in international events is hurting their ability to play their best in quest of a league crown.
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CHINA - making no bones of its intentions to overtake the Americans when it hosts Beijing Olympics 2008 â-evealed its secret programme to become the world&#39;s sporting powerhouse.
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Trying to keep a low pre-Olympic profile, Beijing is enlisting help from abroad to discourage Taiwan's separatist president