Call for Olympic spending checks
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Opposition politicians call for tighter control on spending for the 2012 Olympics after the BBC revealed spiralling costs.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee is contesting an international ruling which could cost Michael Johnson and the rest of the U.S. 1,600-meter relay team their gold medals from the Sydney Olympics.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 -- Worried about the potential for a terrorist catastrophe, Greece is spending about $1.5 billion on security for the Olympic Games. The biggest threats so far? Foreign journalists and a Canadian guy dressed in a tutu.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in tracksuits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Hosting the 2010   Winter Olympics in Vancouver will cost taxpayers at least C$2.5   billion ($2.2 billion), far more than government officials   claim, according to an auditor's report on Thursday.
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The government will today outline how the National Lottery will be repaid the Â£675m that is to be siphoned off to pay for the escalating costs of the London 2012 Olympics.
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The Athens Olympics will cost a total of  almost 10 billion euros ($12.1 billion), more than double the  original target, pushing Greece's budget gap well above EU  limits, finance ministry sources said on Wednesday.
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Organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics say they are looking into reports of child labour and worker abuse.
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Olympics is a massive event to manage. And Britain who is bidding for 2012 Olympics would appoint a cabinet minister just to look after the Olympics preparation.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked the  campaign to re-elect President Bush to pull an ad that refers  to the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee said  on Thursday.
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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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THE Athens Summer Olympic Games cost host country Greece nearly 9 billion euros ($15.23 billion), Greek Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said today, citing definitive figures.
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There are claims charities in Wales could lose over Â£24m as lottery money is diverted to the 2012 London Olympics.
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The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin posted a small deficit, and the IOC wants a clear picture from London organizers of the rising infrastructure costs for the 2012 Summer Games.
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By MIRON VAROUHAKIS      ATHENS, Greece  -- If you're planning on attending this month's Olympic Games, you'd best be careful what you say and do in public.    Software will be watching and listening...
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The Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has pledged to keep an 'iron grip' on the cost of the London games after MPs warned that the project might run over budget and out of time.
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The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed $14.6 billion, according to Greece&#39;s 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.