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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
The announcement means that every national Olympic team competing in the British capital will now include women. The IOC announced Wednesday that Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will represent Saudi Arabia in the over-78 kilogram women's judo...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
The move by the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom to break with its practice of fielding male-only teams followed earlier decisions by Qatar and Brunei to send women athletes to the Olympics for the first time. "With Saudi Arabian female athletes now...
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The Dish Rag
| 10 months ago
The report, headed by former FBI director and federal judge Louis Freeh , accuses former university president Graham Spanier , Paterno, athletic director Timothy Curley and Gary Schultz , the school's senior vice president of finance and business, of...
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Fox News
| 10 months ago
Associated Press Key excerpts from the investigation into the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal led by former federal judge and ex-FBI director Louis Freeh: "The most saddening finding by the Special Investigative Counsel is the total and consistent...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
Division I-AA Some had hoped additional investigation would reveal a diminished level of wrongdoing by Paterno, who died in January. Others believed a more complete examination would depict any Paterno transgression as a minor, one-time lapse. But...
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Centre Daily Times
| 10 months ago
Centre Daily Times The late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew of the 1998 criminal investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse involving Jerry Sandusky, according to the Freeh report. Findings from the independent investigation...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
Eyder Peralta Under international pressure, Saudi Arabia has decided to send two women to the Olympics in London. That means that for the first time ever, the Olympic games will include women from every competing country. NPR's Howard Berkes filed...
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ThecounT.com
| 10 months ago
Taking to AP Jordan said, I absolutely laughed upon hearing Bryant's comments about his squad being able to take Jordan's 92 squad. No comparison, Jordan said, for him to compare those two teams is not one of the smarter things he ever could have...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 10 months ago
Greenberg Follow JewishJournal.com on It's hard to believe, but the 2012 Olympics will be the first time in history that every participating country will send at least one female athlete. Saudi Arabia sealed the deal when it bowed to international...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
London mayor Boris Johnson tries the food at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Village. Photograph: Steven Paston/Action Images Given that over-zealous, churlishly administered security is the one event in which you could expect modern Britain...
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Chicago Tribune
| 10 months ago
Michael Jordan scoffed Thursday at Kobe Bryant's claim that the current U.S. Olympic basketball team could have beaten the 1992 "Dream Team." The former Chicago Bulls star told the Associated Press that "I absolutely laughed" when told of Bryant's...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
And the decline in the stock market this month certainly won't stem their flight to safer investments. Concerns about the global economy are pushing the euro to a new two-year low against the dollar. Shares of Supervalu shed nearly half their value,...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 10 months ago
London organizers have published a list of items prohibited at venues for the July 27-Aug. 12 Olympic Games. Few will be surprised to find "illegal substances," "offensive weapons" and "stunning devices" on the list...The list tells visitors not to...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago for fear of bad publicity, allowing the former assistant football coach to prey on other youngsters, according to a...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Preparations for the London Olympics have put Britain's intelligence agencies under significant pressure, as the country stages its largest ever peacetime security operation, British lawmakers said on Thursday. In its annual review, parliament's...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
Michael Jordan says there's no way Kobe Bryant and this year's USA Olympic basketball team could've beaten the 1992 Dream Team. Every country competing at the London Games will include female athletes for the first time in Olympic history after Saudi...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
The Associated Press Published Thursday, Jul. 12 2012, 10:53 AM EDT Last updated Thursday, Jul. 12 2012, 10:54 AM EDT The opening of the Olympic athlete's village is bound to leave Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps feeling a bit shortchanged. Each...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
One Planet Centre` opened at London Olympics Village London: Athletes at the London Olympics will have an opportunity to inspire people across the globe, by helping to raise awareness about environmental issues, and explaining how people from their...
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
AP IOC president Jacques Rogge on Thursday confirmed that Saudi Arabia will be sending two female athletes for the upcoming London Olympics. File photo Saudi Arabia will send two female athletes to the Olympics for the first time at the upcoming...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
The forthcoming Olympics have placed British intelligence services under "unprecedented pressure" this year, according to the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) that examines the policy, administration and expenditure of the three services.
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
Two female athletes from Saudi Arabia will compete at the London Games this summer in a historic first for the country, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. The sportswomen Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani (judo) and Sarah...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Saudi Arabian women to compete Sarah Attar will compete in the women's 800m Saudi Arabia is to send two female athletes to complete in the London 2012 Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said. Sarah Attar will compete in the 800m and...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
To watch and hear Rudolf Buchbinder in concert is to experience the totality of perfect phrasing, magnificent technique and an unparalleled love of his instrument that has placed him among the top tier of the world's pianists...The lines outside the...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
Saudi Arabia will send two female athletes to the London Olympics , ending the ultraconservative Muslim country's record of sending only all-male teams to the games, two officials with knowledge of the decision said Thursday. The officials spoke to...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
Olympic officials tell The Associated Press that Saudi Arabia will send female athletes to the games for the first time at the London Olympics. Li Pun Hui's eyes well up when she recalls her role in a historic example of "ping pong diplomacy." In two...
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Merced Sun-Star
| 10 months ago
Olympic officials tell The Associated Press that Saudi Arabia will send female athletes to the games for the first time at the London Olympics. Two officials with knowledge of the decision spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Thursday because...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Qatar's flag bearer to be female shooter Bahiya al-Hamad Doha: Bahiya Al-Hamad will carry Qatar's national flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics that will begin later this month...Al-Hamad was also selected as Qatar's flag-bearer during...
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The Olympia
| 10 months ago
Qatar's first female competitor to bear flag olympics notebook: Shooter Bahiya al-Hamad will represent tiny Muslim kingdom McClatchy news services Published July 12, 2012 One of Qatar's first female athletes to compete at the Olympics will be the...
