Paralympics scrap closing celebrations after crash
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The school bus, on its way to Athens from central Greece, collided with a truck. Thirty people were injured, 26 of them pupils in their.
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ATHENS: Fireworks lit up the sky in Athens Friday as the 12th Paralympic Games officially got under way to a chorus of drums and a sea of dancers.
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The Olympic Stadium was turned into a lake for the opening ceremony of the Games of the 28th Olympiad. On Friday night they had only gone and planted a ruddy great olive tree in the middle of the arena for the opening extravaganza of the Paralympic Games.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The festive segment of the Paralympic closing ceremony was canceled Monday after seven teenagers were killed in a bus accident on the way to the games.
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More than 3,800 disabled athletes gathered Friday for the opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games&#39; 44-year history.
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ATHENS, 18 September - At the Opening Ceremony of the 12th Paralympic Games, Phil CRAVEN, MBE, congratulated Athens and all its citizens that have contributed to getting the city ready for the Paralympic Games.
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The Athens Paralympics cancelled celebrations at its closing ceremony after seven schoolchildren travelling to watch the event died in a bus crash on Monday.
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Luge test events on the track for the 2006 Turin Olympics were called off for this weekend following a number of accidents.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - World records, personal-best times and other athletic achievements were secondary at the Athens Paralympics on Monday.
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KAMMENA VOURLA, Greece  - A bus carrying school  students and teachers to the Athens Paralympic Games collided  with a truck in central Greece on Monday killing at least seven  people and injuring 24, officials said.
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Liu Jingmin (L2), vice-mayor of Beijing, waves the flag of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), after he received it from the President of the International Paralympic Committee Phil Craven (R) during the closing ceremony of the 12th Paralympic
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PARALYMPICS head Phil Craven hailed the Athens Games as a success as competition ended today, but foresaw a major review of the classification system for disabilities, suggesting it may be too complicated.
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In Greece, a schoolbus filled with teenage students bound for the Paralympic Games has crashed on the way to Athens, leaving seven passengers dead and at least 24 injured.
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At least seven school children die when their bus crashed as they were travelling to the Paralympics Games in Athens.
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Janica Kostelic, who this week became the first woman in 23 years to win three ski titles at a world championships, canceled a planned welcome party in Croatia on Sunday because she wants to recuperate from the ...
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The Athens Paralympics has cancelled celebrations at its closing ceremony after seven schoolchildren travelling to watch the event died in a bus crash.
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Animated footage promoting the logo for the 2012 London Olympic Games was removed from the organizers' Web site on Tuesday amid concern it could trigger epileptic fits.