Beijing chooses 80 percent of Games volunteers
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Beijing organizers have chosen more than 80 percent of the 100,000 volunteers required for this year's Olympics and Paralympics from the biggest candidate pool in Games history, officials said on Tuesday.
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Ordinary citizens were expected to turn out in heavy numbers and hand most of their support to opposition politicians branded as troublemakers or even &quot;traitors&quot; by Beijing, but
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Beijing will deploy about 80 sniffer dogs to patrol the subway system to sniff out flammable products such as fireworks before the Chinese New Year next month, state media reported on Wednesday.
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Liu Jielian isn't exactly impressed with the facelift the government recently gave her home in central Beijing as it seeks to spruce up the city for the Olympic Games in August.
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The Evening Standard reports that London will use television coverage from Mondayâs parade of Olympians to convince Olympic leaders of Britainâs enthusiasm to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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The gamers that will represent the UK at the gaming world's equivalent of the Olympics have been chosen.
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Chinese and foreign spectators at next year's Beijing Olympic Games will pay the same ticket prices, and almost two-thirds of tickets will cost less than 100 yuan ($12.89), a state newspaper said on Friday.
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Among the top 50 metro areas, Minneapolis had the highest volunteer rate at 40 percent, while Las Vegas was at the bottom with 14 percent, says a new study.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - The final three berths for the   men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will   be determined by a new event that will include 12 teams,   basketball's governing body FIBA said on Wednesday.
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Beijing Olympic organisers said Monday they backed a ban on political protests by athletes attending this year's Games, amid uproar over an effort to silence British athletes.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Olympic athletes may be allowed to blog for the first time at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Chinese authorities say they have set up a special military unit to provide security for the Beijing Olympics.
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The eyes of the world are looking towards Beijing for the Olympic Games that will be held here fewer than 11 months from now. But for real China watchers, an event next month will draw much greater attention and have a much greater impact on the country than 16 days of athletics.
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Some 1.5 million residents of Beijing will be displaced by the time the city hosts the 2008 Olympics, many of them evicted from their homes against their will, a housing rights group said on Tuesday.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams, five members of the D.C.  Council and eight city employees plan to spend nearly $80,000 in taxpayer funds to fly next week to Beijing, the first stop on an 11-day cultural and economic mission to China and Thailand.
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Plentiful buses, helpful volunteers, and efficient security have added up to &#39;positive surprises&#39; for the host city. There are many measures by which to judge the success of an Olympic Games: records broken, medals won, dreams fulfilled or dashed.
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When Zhi Lijiang first signed up to be an Olympic volunteer for the 2008 Beijing Games, she could hardly have imagined she would be playing the role of a Canadian tourist in English and etiquette classes.