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Inspector calls again
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
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Oscar-nominated director of Billy Elliot and The Reader - first staged An Inspector Calls at York's Theatre Royal. The production, restaged in 1992 at the National Theatre in London, took a radical approach to the text, presenting the action in a house...
Tags: London Organising Committee, Damon Albarn, preliminary discussions, artistic director, london organisers, paralympic games, opening ceremony, organisers committee, Beijing
President Ahmadinejad returns home
Tehrān :: Iran | about 1 year ago
Credibility China - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Tehran from Beijing, China, Sunday morning. He paid a day-long visit to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games on Saturday. Upon arrival at the Tehran Mehrabad...
Tags: ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, peace, China, Beijing, Iran, paralympic games, Hassan Qashqavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opening ceremony
Time trial HC C event of cycling road
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Switzerlands' Heinz Frei competes during the men's time trial HC B event of the cycling road at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, Sept. 12, 2008...Albor took the third place of the event with a time of 20:59.49. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo) Photo...
Tags: China, Slovenia, paralympic games
Canadian Business Online: The Government of Canada Wishes Canadian Athletes Well at Beijing Paralympic Games
Ottawa :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Paralympic Games taking place from September 6 to 17, 2008, in Beijing, China. "I am truly inspired by our athletes and, on behalf of the Government of Canada, I wish them the best of luck as they compete against the best in the world at the largest Paralympic...
Tags: crown corporation, Canada, paralympic games
Chinese riders to make Paralympic debut
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Peng Yulian of China and Yip Sui Hong of China's Hong Kong will make Paralympic Games history when they enter the Shatin equestrian competition arena during the five- day events which opened here on Sunday. Both Grade II riders are making their debut...
Tags: paralympic games, China, equestrian competition, Beijing
51-year-old Chinese to compete in sixth Paralympic Games
Seoul :: South Korea | about 1 year ago
Credibility Zhang's love for playing table tennis began when she was little. The first table tennis ball she used was a sunken one discarded by others. She took it home and put it into hot water to make it recover...Every day after school, she played table tennis...
Tags: table tennis, paralympic games
Torch Relay:Paralympic torch relay concludes in Shanghai
Shanghai :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games The Shanghai leg of the Beijing Paralympic torch relay continues. Last torchbearer in Shanghai is lighting the cauldron at Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Center to end this leg of torch relay. The torch moves to its fourth...
Tags: torch relay, paralympic games, paralympic torch, Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Center
Instinct runs deep for winners and losers
Athens :: Greece | about 1 year ago
Credibility The exuberant dance of victory � arms thrust toward the sky and chests puffed out at a defeated opponent � turns out to be an instinctive trait of all primates ... humans included, according to new research released Monday. Scientists from the University...
USOC chairman cheers Chicago's advancement for bid to host 2016 Olympic Games
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Candidate Cities that have advanced to the next round of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid process," said the statement. "We also extend our gratitude and appreciation to the cities that participated in this process but did not advance." Through...
Tags: Chicago, olympic bid, paralympic games, bid report
Dalai Lama plays down China Olympics report
Berlin :: Germany | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Dalai Lama would find it hard to go to the Beijing Olympics, German television quoted him as saying on Thursday, after a Tibet government-in-exile legislator reported a Chinese inquiry whether he might do so. "If the situation in Tibet remains as...
Tags: 14th Dalai Lama, tibet, The Dalai Lama, Tibetan, news, buddhism, China, games torch, paralympic games, seeking independence
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