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No place like home to get lowdown on Beijing (The Irish Times)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:20:36 GMT

No place like home to get lowdown on BeijingIAN O'RIORDAN ON ATHLETICS Friends and associates insist on bringing me up to date as to what the Olympics - and I haven't the energy to contradict themCON HOULIHAN always felt he somehow missed Italia 90 because he was away at the World Cup, and I know exactly what he was talking about. My feeling right now is that I missed Beijing because...

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Revealed: London's plan to top Beijing (The Independent)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Olympic organisers are considering holding the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Games across the whole of the capital rather than just in the main Olympic Stadium, the Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has revealed. Rather than replicate the spectacular ceremonies that marked the beginning and end of the Beijing Games, organisers are considering hosting a number of parallel events...

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Mother's pleas after burglars steal precious gold medal footage of son's Beijing triumph (Evening Standard)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:38:11 GMT

The mother of Olympic rowing gold medalist Zac Purchase has pleaded with burglars to return the camcorder they stole containing pictures of her son's Beijing triumph.

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Beijing's Olympics: the last award , Li Datong (Open Democracy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:58:23 GMT

Against a background of fireworks and celebrating athletes, the Beijing Olympics of 8-24 August 2008 drew to a successful close with another spectacular ceremony in the Bird's Nest stadium. But what of the controversy, criticism and media attention that accompanied the games? This too must have set new records; the surrounding atmosphere was so highly politicised as to make some forget that...

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Olympic rower Zac Purchase's mother has camera with pictures of Beijing win stolen (The Telegraph)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:04:27 GMT

The mother of British Olympic rowing gold medallist Zac Purchase has appealled to burglars to give back a camera they stole that had footage of her son's win in Beijing.

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189. Olympic laurels 2 - Beijing 2008 (roads of stone)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:03:44 GMT

China. America. Russia. The world order changed this August, as I’m sure you must have noticed. I found myself in Greece for the Olympics, back where it all started. Four years late for Athens, and half a world from China. Yet Beijing reached right around the globe this month. Strolling by the beach on a hot summer’s [...]

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Paralympians leave for Beijing (22dropout.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:18:36 GMT

Sapa South Africa's Paralympic athletes set out today for Beijing, for the Paralympic Games which open on Saturday September 6. South Africa won 35 medals - including 15 gold medals at the Paralympics in Athens in 2004, finishing 13th on the medals table. Eight of the nine gold medallists from Athens, including swimmer Natalie du Toit and [...]

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The eternal flutter … Beijing Olympics (Irish Blogs)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:18:21 GMT

... dress rehearsal. (Maybe explains why the camera work around the London... The eternal flutter ... Beijing Olympics Alan in Belfast Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis perform at the Olympics… Unreality Music See 0 more posts on this topic: Closing Ceremony Keywords: closing ceremony , olympic posters , olympic , ring branding , retrospective twentieth , nice retrospective , ceremony playing , beijing...

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JBL powers Beijing Olympics Fencing Hall (LSI Online News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

USA - JBL loudspeakers were installed in the Fencing Hall at the National Convention Centre in Beijing where the fencing and modern pentathlon events at the 2008 Olympic Games were held.The ...

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Beijing's Olympics: the last award , Li Datong (WatsAp)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:14:47 GMT

In this, the Beijing Olympics was indeed an unprecedented success. From the magnificent opening ceremony to the venues and facilities, from event organisation to back-end logistics, neither athletes nor journalists found reason to ... 3 Vote(s)

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We're OFF!!! - Beijing, China (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:11:28 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China Okay, we arrived without incident last night in Beijing. Remind us to tell you the story of our day of departure -- only through the grace of God did we even make the plane! Between last minute things to do with the cocoa orders, packing, and reviewing the paperwork, we managed to make it to the airport in time! Quick...

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Beijing roars, London whines, as India fiddles (Daily News Analysis)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:05:00 GMT

... embraced foreign investors with open arms. What that has achieved was on show this month at the Beijing Olympics: The infrastructure, the efficiency, and the refusal to remain in the Third World, or even the Second.'So what? They're not free' is how many of us consoled ourselves, as we focused on things like the air in Beijing, the age of their gymnasts, and the 'faking' of some parts...

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Beijing's Olympic Message: China Gets What It Wants (The Heritage Foundation Papers)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:48:16 GMT

The blazing pageantry of the Beijing Olympics—the most spectacular Olympian celebration in over 70 years—is rightfully being heralded as the symbol of China’s arrival as a global power. The bright Olympic spotlight showed the world a Chinese communist regime that is secure in its power, even if not in its legitimacy. While China cared deeply about the impression it made during its time in the...

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Beijing plans more change for telecoms (Financial Time)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:36:00 GMT

The country's biggest fixed-line operator, China Telecom, which has acquired a mobile business as part of an industry-wide restructuring, expects Beijing to introduce further measures to promote competition in the world's biggest telecommunications market

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Canadian PM cancels governor general's Beijing trip in anticipation of election call (People Daily)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:30:46 GMT

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has cancelled Governor General Michaelle Jean's planned trip to Beijing for the Paralympic Games, amid speculations that an election call will be made in short time. The Prime Minister's Office announced late Tuesday that OntarioLt.-Gov. David Onley will represent Canada in Jean's place at the Games, which open on Sept. 6. The decision allows Jean, who...

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Even Beijing locals were shafted by "successful" Olympics (China e-Lobby)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:46:00 GMT

I have spent quite a bit of bandwith discussing why Communist China's Olympiad did not do what the regime needed for it. Now, we discover that even in Beijing itself, the Games were a financial flop ( World Tribune via Boycott 2008 ): The flood of foreign visitors never arrived . . . A clampdown on visas for young foreigners — part of the intensive and extensive security arrangements — gave...

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Tai Na International Fruits (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Establishes a Strategic Alliance Partnership with Hangzhou Qunfeng Fruit Chain Management Co., Ltd. (PR News Wire )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:31:00 GMT

BEIJING, Aug. 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On August 27, Tai Na International Fruits (Beijing) Co., Ltd ("Tai Na International") (OTC Bulletin Board: CHFR) and Hangzhou Qunfeng Fruit Chain Management Co., Ltd ("Qunfeng") signed a strategic alliance framework agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the two parties established a strategic alliance partnership by reaching a preliminary consent on...

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Research reveals Coca-Cola and Adidas as Beijing 2008 sponsorship winners (Business Wire)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:30:00 GMT

Between them, the top 12 official brand sponsors invested $866m in sponsorship, advertising and sponsorship activation. Yet research from Mediaedge:cia (MEC) reveals wide variations in the success of brands in generating a strong association with the Beijing 2008 Games. MEC's research amongst 1,000 Chinese consumers into which brands they associated with the Games found that only Coca-Cola and...

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Over The Moon :: City Weekend Beijing Blog (Chinalyst - China blogs in English)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:35:00 GMT

... don't worry as you can washing away the guilt with Chinese Tea. Find the best tea leaves in vast Beijing at Maliandao Boulevard of Tea, where you can pick on choose from this extensive trade. Happy Mid Autumn Festival!

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Surgery for Manu After Beijing Aggravation (The FanHouse - NBA)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:10:00 GMT

Filed under: Spurs , FIBA , NBA Injuries Manu Ginobili hobbled through the Spurs' embarrassing five-game loss to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, dashing San Antonio's dreams of repeat O'Briens. And despite the wishes of an S.A. front office which would have liked to see Manu spend the summer recuperating, Ginobili got himself in shape to help Argentina defend its gold medal in Beijing....

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