Paralympics ceremony dropped after deaths
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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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ATHENS - Fireworks exploded, dancers streamed around a giant tree, and the crowd roared &#39;Hellas, Hellas&#39; as the 12th Paralympic Games opened with a party of thudding drums, lights and flowing costumes on Friday.
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Prayers replaced parties to mark New Year's in much of Asia, and in Europe black cloth draped the Champs Elysees, as sorrow over the death and destruction from this week's quake and tsunamis overshadowed celebration.
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ATHENS, Greece - Under a well-timed full moon to conclude a near-cloudless three weeks, the 2004 Summer Olympics came to an end Sunday night with music, dancing and the last of nearly 1,000 medals.
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The Athens Paralympics canceled celebrations at its closing ceremony after seven schoolchildren traveling to watch the event died in a bus crash on Monday.
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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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African football was mourning the deaths of six people after two World Cup qualifiers ended in tragedy and controversy at the weekend.
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Athens - Olympic Games medal dreams were gunned down, rescued and put on hold in Athens after a series of protests. Nowhere was the sound and fury greatest than out on the athletics track and in the gymnastics arena.
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ATHENS - The 2004 Olympic Games officially came to an end in Athens with a spectacular closing ceremony yesterday. Greek music and dance kicked off an evening of celebration before the flame was extinguished and the flag lowered.
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Greece announced stringent measures to improve safety on its roads yesterday as the country mourned seven schoolchildren killed in a traffic accident on their way to the Paralympics.
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IRAQ&#39;S dreams of winning only its second Olympic medal were shattered this morning when Italy beat them in the men&#39;s football bronze medal play-off, overshadowed by the killing of an Italian hostage yesterday.
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THE Sydney Paralympics brought record ticket sales, television ratings, a new batch of sporting heroes. And then, without warning, came the shame.
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An hour-long no-frills closing ceremony dedicated to the victims of this week&#39;s school bus crash brought to an end the Paralympic Games in Athens.
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The flag flew at half-mast, spectators observed a minute&#39;s silence and festivities planned for the Athens Paralympics closing ceremony were scrapped after seven teenagers died on their way to the Games.
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The final curtain yesterday came down on the Greek tragedy which has overshadowed the first week of the Athens Olympics when the sprinters Kostas Kederis and Ekaterini Thanou withdrew from the games.
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Athens stages a low-key but emotional Paralympics closing ceremony.
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In a bid to avoid a repeat of the Sydney games, in which Spain&#39;s basketball team was packed with frauds, Paralympics organizers have banned all athletes with learning disabilities from the Athens games this month.