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Obama Olympics pledge after America's treatment of foreigners is ...
By: dustgeer
President Barack Obama said he would use the Olympics to restore the image of the United States as an accessible and multi-ethnic nation after an impassioned pitch to win the 2016 Games for Chicago. The President told the International Olympic Committee (IOC), gathered today in Copenhagen to decide between his hometown, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and ...
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Obama to make in-person pitch for 2016 Olympics
By: haseebah890
President Barack Obama will travel to Denmark to support Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, projecting the highest-ever White House profile in lobbying for the international event. Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to the president, told The Associated Press Monday morning that Obama will leave Thursday and join his wife,
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Chicago is Out First For 2016 Olympic Bid
By: ladym33
I just watched the voting for the 2016 Olympics. They had the voters vote for a first round where the city with the least amount of votes would be eliminated, and then they voted again to eliminate another city. Then a third vote was done to determine the winner which will not be announced until later today. Chicaog was the ...
about 1 month ago
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Olympic Committee Says NO to Chicago
By: paretta
Just a few minutes ago in Denmark, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied both Chicago and Tokyo the opportunity to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. This leaves Rio de Janeiro and Madrid as finalists for the Games. Chicago was denied despite the best efforts of President and Mrs. Obama to get the Games to come to their&...
about 1 month ago
- News Source: Chicago Tribune | about 1 month agoRio de Janeiro is a candidate to host the 2016 Olympic Games, but it has the least prepared infrastructure of the four cities competing for the spot. Despite the considerable sports infrastructure built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, Rio will have...
- News Source: BBC | about 1 month agoMadrid, one of the few major European capitals yet to host the Games, hopes to follow in the footsteps of Barcelona, which brought the Olympics to Spain in 1992. Madrid's pedigree is a good one, with 85% of venues already built and in place, and a...
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@revkin Does Chicago failure with IOC add heft to arguments that an Obama return to Copenhagen for #cop15 is fraught with risk? http://j.mp/CopObama
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@barbdelollis Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Summer Games http://bit.ly/JX2FP
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@SIPabloTorre It's Rio. All Olympics journalists who will be employed in 2016 and/or still exist at that point cheer.
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@SaraMurray Rio wins. On the upside, they're the most likely country to actually see an economic benefit from hosting the Olympics.
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@latimesnystrom RT @LATimes Breaking: Rio to host 2016 summer olympics | Latest w/ updates soon http://j.mp/13Wl5Y | Live WGN-TV stream http://j.mp/3Jturb
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@cbrennansports This is a lot on Rio's plate. Men's World Cup soccer in 2014, Olympics in 2016. That is a lot of financial stress in these economic times.
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@MickiMaynard Brazil will have its moment. Twice, in fact. RT @TomJolly Rio hosting World Cup in 2014, Olympics in 2016
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@mattgarrahan MattGarrahan: What Barack Obama probably failed to realise is that the IOC hates the US, mainly for the shambles that was the 1996 Atlanta Olympics #IOC
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@LATimesmuskal latimesmuskal: #Rio de Janiero will host 2016 #Olympic Games, a first for South America; #Chicago places fourth.
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@jenny8lee South America will gets its first Olympics with Rio.
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