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The independent
| 10 months ago
Almost double the number of British troops serving in Afghanistan are now providing security for the Olympic Games, after a further 1,200 soldiers were deployed yesterday. A total of 18,200 armed forces personnel are now patting down Olympic...
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China Post
| 10 months ago
With a floating target in the River Thames and a set of giant Olympic rings overhead, Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson took turns whacking balls at a makeshift green. Golf will likely look a little different when it's included at the Olympics for the...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will carry the Olympic torch on Thursday during the final leg of its relay in London, his spokesman said on Tuesday. "At the invitation of the London Olympic Organising Committee and the International Olympic Committee,...
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Chandler Republic
| 10 months ago
David Beckham is supposedly going to have a role in the London Games Opening Ceremonies on Friday, even though he was left off the British men's soccer team roster and he turned down the opportunity to carry the Olympic torch. In the meantime, the...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
London Underground employee John Light (!) carries the Olympic torch onto a train at Wimbledon Station. London Underground employee John Light (!) carries the Olympic torch onto a train at Wimbledon Station. North Korea is negotiating for rights to...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
A reunion, and a call to stay home A swimmer practices in the pool during a training session at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in London...The summer Olympics in London will start on...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
A plot offering false passports and visas to illegally enter England with the Pakistani Olympic team was exposed Monday by a London newspaper. An undercover investigation by the British newspaper The Sun, secretly videotaped, claimed to demonstrate...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 10 months ago
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Harry will watch equestrian competitors at Greenwich, southeast London, during the first few days of the Olympics, giving them a chance to see their cousin Zara Phillips compete. Kate and William are scheduled to...
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Wellington Dominion
| 10 months ago
A man has dived off London's historic Tower Bridge into the River Thames during a protest by taxi drivers over their exclusion from part of a special Olympic Games road network in the capital. Police pulled the man from the water under the landmark...
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The Independent
| 10 months ago
Passengers travelling on key Olympic routes endured delays today as a series of problems hit Tube and light railway systems in London. The first snag came on the Underground's Jubilee line at North Greenwich station close to the Olympic site at...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
There was also particularly heavy traffic on local roads in Canning Town and West Ham in east London. Congestion was also seen in central London, with delays in Whitehall, Shaftesbury Avenue and Trafalgar Square. The Mall is closed due to Olympic...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Track cyclist Chris Hoy will carry the British flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on July 27, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said on Monday. Hoy, who was knighted after his triple gold medal haul in Beijing four years ago,...
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New Zealand Herald
| 10 months ago
Monday Jul 23, 2012 The world has become accustomed to the lead-up to its major sporting extravaganza, the Olympic Games, being a time of fretting and foreboding. Always there seems to be a multitude of worries ranging from stadiums that appear...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
Boosted by the Olympics and Bradley Wiggins' victory at the Tour de France, London Mayor Boris Johnson says the city will bid for the 2016 track cycling world championships. Johnson says London has been chosen by the British cycling federation as its...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 10 months ago
Seventeen-year-old Amelia Hempleman-Adams took the torch on a trip on the giant observation wheel on the south side of the River Thames on Sunday, riding atop one of the Eye's viewing capsules as it slowing rotated. The teenager was the youngest...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
London Mayor Boris Johnson insisted Sunday the city was ready to host the 2012 Olympics despite a national plunge into nervous self-depression before the excitement begins. Johnson said Britain was feeling the necessary tension before a big...
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Sky News
| 10 months ago
The London Games will show the world what Britain is capable of, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. Speaking on Sky News' Murnaghan programme, he said the Olympics will boost national confidence at a time when the country needs it. "We've been...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Organisers of the Olympics hit back on Sunday at cynics after weeks of negative headlines, saying criticisms over planning mistakes and cost were being outweighed by public excitement as the opening ceremony nears. Britain's famously critical media,...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
22 July 2012 The final countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games began today with amazing images of the capital as torchbearer Amelia Hempleman-Adams carried the flame on the London Eye...She was taking part in the latest leg of the UK torch relay with...
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Telegraph India
| 10 months ago
British weather than many of his teammates, having moved to Old Trafford last year, but will welcome the change from the soaring temperatures of central Spain that have hit 40 degrees centigrade during the last week. It is colder, but from my point...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis will be among those carrying the Olympic torch on the latest leg of its relay around the UK. The flame will tour the east of London in the boroughs of Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering and...
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The Independent
| 10 months ago
It is now only five days until Danny Boyle's creative spectacular officially raises the curtain on the greatest show on earth, and London becomes the first city to host the Olympics three times. It's a great honour and a huge responsibility, but it...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Crowds of thousands cheered the Olympic torch relay through London on Saturday on the final leg of its tour around Britain, generating excitement that organisers hope will dispel lingering fears about the event's organisation and security. The relay,...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics British around-the-world sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnson carries the Olympic Torch around the restored Cutty Sark boat at Greenwich in London July 21, 2012. The lighting of the Olympic cauldron at next week's opening ceremony will be a 'wow...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Watch Watch Britain's Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin are adamant that bikinis are their favoured uniform when playing beach volleyball. Reuters Watch The torch arrived late Friday in the city with a dramatic entrance, abseiled from a helicopter by a...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
He has since grown attached to it, describing it as his child, and said he cannot wait to add another torch to his collection. Born in Punjab in 1911, Singh came to the UK to stay with his son Sukhjinder in 1992. He began running at the age of 86 in...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
Archer Abdud Dayyan is hoping his London Olympic torch relay experience can motivate him to do better in his sport. Dayyan ran in the Brighton leg of the torch relay, covering a distance of 300 metres recently. He had the rare honour to be part of...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Soldiers, singers and gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci were among the 143 runners who carried the Olympic torch around London Saturday, Olympics officials said. Sunny skies greeted the runners and a huge crowd of onlookers as the flame was taken from...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Punjab-born Fauja Singh, who defies age to run marathons, drew the loudest cheers today as the Olympic Torch was carried by him, Olympic medal winners and leading individuals through London amidst a welcome clear sky and sunshine. Clad in all-white...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
21 July 2012 It might be hard to believe after such a long rainy and cloudy period, but it could finally be time to dust off those sandals and slap on the suncream as the summer sun is forecast to makes its long awaited appearance this week. Fears...
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France24
| 10 months ago
File photo taken in 2005 shows former Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci pose in front of a photo of her at the 1976 Olympic Games. Comaneci carried the 2012 torch on the roof of the North Greenwich Arena as the flame began a seven-day tour of London...
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Sky News
| 10 months ago
Londoners Welcome Olympic Flame The Olympic torch has received a rapturous reception from thousands of well-wishers who rose early to mark its arrival in the Games' host city. After being greeted by crowds all over Britain, the flame started its...
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The Hindustan Times
| 10 months ago
The Olympic flame made a dramatic arrival in London when it was flown in by military helicopter and lowered to the ground by a marine commando a week ahead of the opening ceremony. As the sun went down on Thursday over the British capital, Royal...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 10 months ago
Font Resize Associated Press San Jose sprinter Jeneba Tarmoh is back in the spotlight...Weeks after Tarmoh gave up her Olympic team spot in the 100-meter dash after a controversy at the U.S. trials, she and Carmelita Jeter botched the final handoff...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
Toby Melville/Reuters A worker uses an umbrella outside the Olympic Stadium in London on Friday...With less than a week to go before the Olympic torch is lit at the stadium in London, the run up to the XXX Olympiad (how's that for entertainment?) is...
