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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
Over 16,000 pairs of newly-weds in Beijing registered marriage on this auspicious day, the official opening of Beijing Olympic Games, China News Service reported. [Photo: Xinhuanet]
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News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 year ago
Hong Kong has a new attraction which was built just for the Olympics. The waterfront Olympic Piazza at Tsim Sha Tsui is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors. Celebrations are underway as Hong Kong residents are getting caught up in...
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News Source: Hindustan times
| about 1 year ago
3 IST(8/8/2008) An Air China flight from central Japan turned back on Friday after the airline received a bomb threat in an email which also said the Beijing Olympic Games site would be attacked, Japanese police and media said. Japanese media said...
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News Source: CCTV
| about 1 year ago
Beijing is welcoming tens of thousands of athletes and visitors from all over the world. Comfortable accommodations and safe, tasty food are provided in Beijing. This will have a big influence on the performance of the athletes, are the basic...
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News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
Beijingers were forced to put their lives on hold on Friday as many businesses shut down and gyms, stores and cinemas were told to close early for security reasons ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony. One Beijing radio show host compared being...
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News Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| about 1 year ago
Today marks the opening of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China. On this auspicious occasion, I would like to invite all the Jamaican friends to share with us the exciting moment in China's history. In 1908, three questions in relation to the...
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News Source: Kyodo News
| about 1 year ago
A lone British protester was the first to voice his discontent in Hong Kong on Friday, the official opening day of the Beijing Olympic Games, against China's human rights record. Police said a 33-year-old foreigner was arrested ''causing public...
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News Source: CCTV
| about 1 year ago
To host the Olympic Games is a century-old dream of the Chinese nation and the shared aspiration of all the Chinese people, said President Hu Jintao here on Friday. Hu made the remarks in his toast at a welcoming banquet for international dignitaries...
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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday thanked the international community for their support to the Beijing Olympics and their assistance to the country after the May 12 earthquake. Addressing a welcoming luncheon in honor of world dignitaries who are...
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News Source: GMA News
| about 1 year ago
Australia's Olympic chief has criticized Beijing organizers over their "wishy-washy" assurances on Internet access and says bus transportation and pollution remain problem issues. Internet sites earlier this week after complaints from media and the...