2012 Olympics to be 'car-free'
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Except for Olympic officials The London Olympics of 2012 will be the first to prohibit spectators arriving by car, according to reports. However, some 80,000 officials, athletes and accredited media will be provided with parking - and will have special Soviet-style VIP lanes on important London roads for a period of two months.â¦
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Animated footage promoting the logo for the 2012 London Olympic Games was removed from the organizers' Web site on Tuesday amid concern it could trigger epileptic fits.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee said Monday it has received bids from London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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used during the Olympic race of the same name this summer, police said on Wednesday. to the airport so they can leave the country,&quot; Nikos Koutsogiorgos, head of the company that owns the commuter bus, told reporters.
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As Beijing marks car-free day for the first time, an entrepreneur pushes citywide rental scheme.
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London sent off its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today, calling it a &quot;winning formula&quot; towards snaring the world&#39;s biggest sporting event.
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Details of London&#39;s bid to host the 2012 Olympic games were unveiled today, with the bid team pledging that the capital could host &quot;the best games the world has ever seen&quot;.
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Olympians can do media interviews but they'd better not blog. The International Olympic Committee, interested in protecting lucrative broadcasting contracts, forbids any activity that might upset the networks.
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Room rates at London hotels will be capped in an attempt to prevent profiteering if the capital wins the bid to stage the Olympic Games in 2012.
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London submitted its final proposals to host the 2012 Olympic Games today, confident it had struck upon a âwinning formulaâ. Lord Coe, chairman of London
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Full details of London&#39;s 2012 Olympic bid will be made public on Friday, days after they were submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Day marks the annual Car Free Day across Europe. This is the fifth year that Ireland is taking part in the event.
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Drivers of gas-guzzling cars will have to pay nearly $50 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge, while the most fuel efficient vehicles will get a free ride, the mayor said Tuesday.
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More than Â£100million profit is expected to be made from staging the 2012 Olympic Games in London, it has been claimed. The estimate forms part of the London 2012 bid book handed into the International Olympic Committee on Monday.
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China is holding a "no-car day" in 108 cities on Saturday as it tries to clean up its notoriously smoggy skies, a task made more urgent by the approach of the 2008 Summer 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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&quot;Love of the Games,&quot; existing infrastructure, cheap ticketing and a smooth transport system will underpin the Paris bid to host the 2012 Olympics, campaign leader Philippe Baudillon said on Wednesday.