IOC tells Beijing not to complete Olympic venues too late
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday said 2008 Games host Beijing should take care not to complete its venues too late, two months after it advised the city not to finish them too early.
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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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Athletes will have a tricky choice next year if Beijing's polluted air doesn't improve in time for the Olympics: stay away as long as possible, or come in early and get used to it.
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China, host of six-party talks aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear program, on Thursday described North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to account for its nuclear activities as a natural delay.
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A call for a boycott of this summer's Olympics in Beijing would not serve any purpose, the Olympics minister says.
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The IOC has a word of advice for organizers of the 2008 Olympics &#151; prepare. Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.
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A cold snap brought snow to the Chinese capital this week, but the freezing temperatures did nothing to slow the frenzied preparations for the Beijing Olympics as the 200-day countdown approached.
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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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The International Olympic Committee  (IOC) said on Friday preparations for the 2008 Games in Beijing  were on track and played down suggestions that China's emphasis  on frugality would compromise events venues.
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Olympics officials say they will not give away free tickets in a bid to get spectators into unfilled venues.
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The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency warns that "more than a handful" of Olympic sports have failed to comply with anti-doping rules, endangering their place in the Games.
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BEIJING : Beijing Olympic organizers are seeking ways to cut up to six billion yuan (724 million US dollars) off the cost of building Games venues, including possibly moving the equestrian events to Hong Kong.
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Amnesty International says China has failed to meet its promise to improve human rights ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
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BEIJING - No spitting and get in line. That's the message Beijing city officials are trying to get across 18 months before the Olympics open in China's capital. "Everyone will be fined for spitting," read the headline in Thursday's Beijing Daily Messenger.
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Olympic medalists will take another bow and several hopefuls for the 2008 Beijing Games will take out some frustrations for the next five days at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.
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On Aug. 8, when the Beijing Olympics begin in promised splendor, a few may reflect on how far or how fast China has come to host this high mark of international prestige.
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A member of the Chinese Olympic Committee came to Athens last May. He visited our Olympic sites, which were still under construction, and met members of the Greek Olympic Committee.