Culture loses more lottery cash to Olympics
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Major heritage projects, from the National Gallery's attempted purchase of a set of Poussin masterpieces to the British Museum's proposed building of a new exhibition space, could be threatened because of lottery money diverted to the Olympics.
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Description: The tab for staging the Olympic Games will increase Greece&#39;s budget deficit and will likely put additional strain on its already fragile economy.
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In a long and speckled career overseas, I have witnessed many unusual Christmases. None were more peculiar than the two spent in the exile capital of the godless fathers of Chinese communism, whose heirs are sponsors next August of the originally pagan Olympic games.
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THE odds on London winning the right to stage the 2012 Olympic Games shortened to 3-1 from 7-2 yesterday as the five rival cities delivered their bid documents to the IOC.
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ATHENS, Greece - Bad judging has become a tradition at the Olympics, almost its own event really. From the robbery of Munich, where officials stole a basketball gold from the United States and gave it to Russia
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Beijing -- Talk in China has shifted from holding a &#39;green&#39; or &#39;people&#39;s&#39; Olympics to a &#39;frugal Games&#39; as Beijing tightens its purse strings while undertaking massive preparations to play host to the 2008 event.
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China would not need "one cent" of foreign financial support to hold the Beijing Olympics, which are expected to turn a profit of about $20 million to $30 million, according to a senior Games organizer.
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Britain's art heritage is draining away and its museums can no longer compete against foreign rivals in bidding for old masters, research revealed on Friday.
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Though Europeans are steaming about the International Olympic Committee's decision to switch the swimming and most gymnastics finals to morning for the 2008 Beijing Games, it shouldn't have come as a surprise to anybody who's familiar with rights fees and ratings. NBC, which asked the Lords of the Rings to make the change, is paying them $3.5 billion for the ...
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Latest estimates of the costs of hosting the Athens Olympics put them at up to $10bn - a huge amount for a small country like Greece, once the poorest in the EU.
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Midway through the race between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is outrunning its predecessor from four years ago.
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The organizers of London's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012 reportedly believe that Paris will beat out their city, and are emotionally crushed by their impending defeat.
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The final cost of the Athens Olympics has soared to about â¬9bn (Â£6.2bn), at least â¬2.4bn more than estimated, the Greek government said yesterday.
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BAODING, China  - Dusty villages far from China's capital are paying their own price for the government's plan to stage a postcard-perfect Olympic Games, enduring shrunken crops, drained wells and contention over lost land and homes.
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TORONTO - People with gambling problems account for more than a third of the $4 billion spent each year by Ontario residents at casinos, racetracks and lottery kiosks, a new study suggests.
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The expected cost of the 2012 Olympics has risen from Â£2.4bn to at least Â£3.3bn, the culture secretary tells MPs.
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Turin's Olympic Committee needs to raise  another 65 million euros from sponsors to meet targets for the  2006 Winter Games, its chief said on Monday after reports of a  huge budget gap had sparked a national political row. Turin's  mayor ordered an audit of Olympic spending after organizers  said they had a 180 million-euro ($227 million) hole in their  books due to sponsorship shortfalls and lower sales forecasts.