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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
Earlier Wednesday, IOC president Jacques Rogge called for a meeting with his executive board. When asked by reporters if the torch relay was discussed, several board members replied that "nothing was said." The London and Paris leg of the Beijing...
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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
Xinhua) Updated: 2008-04-10 06:44 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge Wednesday expressed the hope that the progress of the Olympic torch relay is safe and smooth. In a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing, their...
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News Source: Indian Express
| about 1 year ago
New Delhi, April 9: The Olympic torch continued to make news on Wednesday with India�s first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi pulling out, saying the �overbearing� and �overdone� security had turned the relay into a...
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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
The Olympic torch relay in San Francisco was concluded Wednesday afternoon, without major incidents. The relay ran for two and half hours along the San Francisco area with the closing ceremony held at the airport. Chinese Olympic swimming champion...
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News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader was expected to arrive here Thursday, a day after pro-Tibetan demonstrators disrupted the Olympic torch run in San Francisco. The Dalai Lama's visit to Seattle, a city historically friendly to the Tibetan cause, was...
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News Source: The Hindu
| about 1 year ago
The organisers of the Buenos Aires Olympic torch relay have invited soccer hero Diego Maradona to be one of 80 runners on a route across the Argentine capital. The organisers say Maradona indicated his interest to take part, but is travelling outside...
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News Source: The Hindustan Times
| about 1 year ago
IST(10/4/2008) The Olympics torch had to take a detour and cut short its originally planned journey under a veil of secrecy as a large crowd of protesters waited along its waterfront route and passions ran high with Tibetan supporters and local...
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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
Torchbearer Jin Jing, a physically challenged athlete, moved netizens as she protected the torch in her arms to resist violent protestors' disruptions during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Paris on April 7. Jin was designated to relay the torch...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
W ith support from people around the world, China is capable of tackling disruptive efforts and host successful Olympic Games, President Hu Jintao told visiting Sri Lankan President Mahendra Rajapakse Thursday. Any attempt to undermine the games was..
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News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 year ago
The European Parliament says it wants the 27 EU members to consider boycotting the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies if the Chinese government does not resume talks with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. From Paris, LIsa Bryant reports..