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Tiny town's heroine carries flame and eyes for Paralympic gold
Athens :: Greece | about 1 year ago
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The Olympic flame visited the town of Amfilochia in Greece on Monday, and at the same day, Amfilochia welcomed back its heroine Kantza Paraskevi. Kantza, the Athens Paralympic bronze medallist, was one of the four torchbearers in the town of about
Tags: torch relay, Greece, beijing olympic, olympic games, Beijing Organizing Committee, special report, olympic torch, olympic flame
Dar-es-salaam Olympic Torch bearers selected
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 1 year ago
Credibility March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Coca-cola East and Central Africa business on Tuesday announced its list of distinquished citizens from East Africa to participate in the Olympic Torch Relay in Dar-es-salaam on April 13, 2008, Kenya News Agency reported
Tags: olympic torch, Kenya News Agency
Chavez Sees U.S. Role in Tibet Violence
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of promoting violence in Tibet, saying Washington aims to weaken China and sabotage the Olympics in Beijing. &...
Tags: tibet, olympics, olympic torch, China, Tibetan, BBC, Alain Bernard, olympic flame
China Tries to Divert Attention From Protests
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China pledged strict security measures to ensure that the Beijing Olympics torch relay, which begins with a lighting ceremony in Greece on Monday. ...
Tags: tibet, olympics, olympic torch, beijing olympic, Tibetan, Pro-Tibet, ancient olympia, China, tibet protesters, Olympia
China blasts Dalai Lama, braces for torch protests
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility To Editor Post Comments Beijing, March 24: China's Olympic officials braced Monday for a protest by Tibetan activists in Greece, a day after accusing the Dalai Lama of stoking Tibetan unrest to sabotage the Beijing Olympics. This month's
Tags: tibet, olympics, olympic torch, news, Lhasa, Fresh Tibetan, China, Tibet Riots Germany, Beijing, beijing olympic
China restricts Mount Everest ascents to clear the way for the Olympic torch
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China is denying mountaineers permission to climb its side of Mount Everest this spring, a move that reflects government concerns that Tibet activists may try to disrupt plans to carry the Olympic torch to the world's tallest peak. A letter sent
Tags: everest, mountain, tibet, china, China Tibet Mountaineering Association, nepal, Mount Everest, Everest of Tibetan, olympic torch, mountaineering associations
Torch relay in Pyongyang prepared smoothly
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | about 1 year ago
Credibility March 11 (Xinhua) -- Preparation for the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang was undergoing smoothly, said Chinese ambassador Tuesday...Korean Peninsular taking part in torch relay at the same time. "The event will be of special and
Tags: torch relay, Pyongyang, beijing olympic, Beijing, olympic torch, Xinhua, Chinese
Olympic qualifying baseball results
Taipei :: Taiwan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The following are results from the fourth of seven rounds in the Olympic qualifying baseball tournament played Monday in Taichung and Yunlin, Taiwan. Three teams qualify for the Beijing games: Germany 4, South Africa 3 South Korea 14, Spain 5 Canada
Tags: Taiwan, olympic torch, beijing olympic, Istanbul, torch run
Symbolic Tibetan Olympics torch relay in Taiwan
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Braving a cold windy weather, scores of Tibetans and Taiwanese gathered this morning here at the National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall for a symbolic Tibetan Olympics torch relay. The Taipei leg of the Tibetan Olympic torch relay was organized by
Tags: olympics, tibetans olympic, torch relay, olympic torch
Christie is told torch invite was a mistake
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Linford Christie will not take part in a relay carrying the Olympic torch through London, it was confirmed yesterday. Christie received a letter from London Mayor Ken Livingstone inviting him to take part in April's torch procession, but a spokesman
Tags: Greater London Authority, Linford Christie, olympic torch, Beijing, torch relay, Ken Livingstones, sprinter linford, beijing olympic, mayor ken, beijing torch
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