Beijing begins final Olympic drive to rid city of squatter 'villages'
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Beijing will demolish the last 22 squatter &quot;villages&quot; remaining in the city by June as part of efforts to beautify the capital ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday will announce the host city of its inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics, an event aimed at forging a new generation of Olympians.
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ATHENS -- The countdown clock for 2008 will be installed in Tiananmen Square next month. Not that Beijing has been lollygagging since the Lords of the Rings awarded the Summer Games to the city three years ago. Beijing is bristling with cranes and steamshovels and jackhammers providing a staccato beat, with 30 sports venues in various stages of construction, including ...
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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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Thousands of trees will be planted at the fire-ravaged birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games to restore the area ahead of the Beijing 2008 flame-lighting ceremony in March, officials said Tuesday.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee eliminated Houston and Philadelphia as candidate cities for the 2016 Olympics on Wednesday, leaving San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago in the running for what many consider to be America's best shot in years at landing a Summer Games.
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The demolition of homes in part of Beijing earmarked for massive development ahead of next year's Olympics was carried out fairly and legally, an official said on Wednesday, defending a system much criticized by rights groups.
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The South Korean city of Pyeongchang or the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia will stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games after third candidate Salzburg was eliminated on Wednesday.
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Air pollution in Beijing, under pressure to provide clear skies before the 2008 Olympics, reached the worst level on a government air quality index on Tuesday.
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A year before Beijing hosts the Summer Games, the country is feverishly preparing for its chance to show it is ready to take its place among the Great Powers  -  on its own terms
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New York and four European capitals submitted their final bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics by Monday&#39;s deadline, the International Olympic Committee announced.
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Just under 15,000 people were moved from their homes to make way for the venues of the Beijing Olympics and all moved voluntarily with compensation, officials said on Tuesday, countering rights groups' allegations that hundreds of thousands had been evicted.
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NEW YORK - New York City&#39;s Olympic boosters revealed their last and best plan Wednesday before making their final efforts to convince the International Olympic Committee that the city should hold the 2012 Summer Games.
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Thousands of homeless people will be moved from the capital to the countryside before next month's millennium celebration and provided help with food, shelter and medicine, a development group said Tuesday.
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Photographer Kadir van Lohuizen photographs the city's transformation into a modern metropolis in anticipation of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
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Greek authorities will launch an ambitious effort next month to replant the blackened wasteland left behind by the summer's deadly wildfires around the birthplace of the ancient Olympics.