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Special Report: The Year in Sports: A Bouquet of Global Sports Moments
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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Thao Nguyen/Associated Press Lance Armstrong's precipitous fall from grace was perhaps the low point of the sports year. At least for a little while, anyway. At the end of a gravel road at Estancia Harberton, a remote reminder in Tierra del Fuego of
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Lightning strikes twice for artist
Beirut :: Lebanon | 9 months ago
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It is unusual for the lightning bolt of artistic success to strike twice. That is exactly what happened at the competition around the Creative Cities Collection, the fine arts exhibition staged around the London 2012 Olympics, which saw Lebanese
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Green Blog: Q. and A.: Greening the London Olympics
Lillehammer :: Norway | 10 months ago
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Getty Images Cyclists from New Zealand practicing at the Velodrome on Friday at the Olympic Games in London. Planners ensured that the track was constructed from sustainably harvested wood. Efforts to minimize the environmental impact of large-scale
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Torch relay touched 13 million
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
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Written by Jojo Santo Tomas Pacific Daily News Filed Under With mere hours left before the start of the opening ceremonies, tens of thousands of people are in for what appears to be a wet spectacle. Weather today is gloomy, in stark contrast to
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Taekwondo: No Longer Unknown, Afghan Athlete Has Eyes on Gold
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 months ago
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It was only by chance that a 10-year-old Rohullah Nikpah found taekwondo. Unlike most Olympic athletes, Nikpah was not groomed from an early age to compete. Rather, he grew up in a refugee camp in Iran, and one day he accompanied his brother to a
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Britain Adds 1,200 Troops for Olympics Security
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Days before the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, the British government on Tuesday called up an extra 1,200 troops to help safeguard the event amid intensifying concerns over the security plan. The decision, made by a cabinet committee led by
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IHT Rendezvous: The Not So Funny Fiasco of the London Games, So Far
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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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
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Female canoe racer takes Olympic inequality to court
London :: Canada | 10 months ago
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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes in a heat of the Men's 400m at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Associated Press Watch Watch Watch There are five men's canoe events, in sprint and slalom, set for
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Group: Olympics security failure is 'humiliating shambles'
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 10 months ago
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Nick Buckles, the chief executive of security contractor G4S, was being grilled by British lawmakers furious at the fiasco 10 days before the Games open in London. Buckles got his first indication that his company would be unable to fulfill its
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London Jewish community, already vigilant, is advised to beef up security for Olympics
London :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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The Community Security Trust, the charity that represents and recommends the community on matters of security, has told Jewish groups to implement or increase patrols around their buildings. CST's guidelines also remind community groups of basic
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