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Olympic security questioned after Rio violence
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
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Rio is a big city. "I deeply regret what happened in Rio recently but I have to say that it pales into insignificance compared to what happened in London in 2005." The day after London won the right to host the 2012 Olympics four suicide bombers killed...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, London, Brazil, Eduardo Paes, drug gangs, olympic games, gangs violence
Brazil vows Olympic security after Rio violence
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility When Rio de Janeiro was named the host of the 2016 Olympics earlier this month it seemed like a fresh start for one of the world's most vibrant, but violent cities. But a weekend of gang battles that spilled out of favelas , or shantytowns, and onto streets...
Tags: brazil, Rio de Janeiro, drugs gangs, shot downed, northern Rio, Brazil Magazine, rio drugs, police helicopter, drugs dealers, police officers
Rio police die as helicopter hit
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility The helicopter came down after the pilot was hit in the leg by a bullet and burst into flames. At least 10 other people were reported to have died in the fighting...It was the worst outbreak of violence since the city was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, police helicopter, shot downed, drug gangs, gun battle, olympic games, drug traffickers, morro dos, rio violence, dos macacos
Woody Allen offered $17M to film in Rio
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility A film studio and Rio de Janeiro city and state authorities have offered $17 million to US film director Woody Allen to work his celluloid magic in the fabled Marvelous City, media reports said Tuesday. The offer was made last week when Allen's sister...
Tags: Woody Allen, Rio de Janeiro
Sales up at Brazilian newspapers
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 1 month ago
Credibility An Olympics supporter dressed as an angel poses for a photo at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP The historic Olympic Games win for Rio de Janeiro, which prompted thousands of revellers to turn Copacabana beach into...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian
Vijay to lead Fiji
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Vijay Singh is expected to lead the national team in the 2016 Olympic Games. This after the Interna-tional Olympic Committ-ee yesterday confirmed golf and rugby sevens to be the included as the new participating sports in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in seven...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro
Golf and rugby voted into Olympics
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility There's nothing Corinthian about Chip or Tug winning gold We all have an idea of the Olympics in our minds and my version can find room for rugby sevens but not yahooing golfers Olympic medals like these should not be given to golfers merely passing...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, rugby seven, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Ishikawa, president cup
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo :: Norway | 2 months ago
Credibility The decision makes President Obama, son of an American woman and Kenyan father, the youngest U.S. president to win the prize and the third, after Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, to do so while in office. Mr. Obama's win comes 45 years after the...
Tags: nobel, Barack Obama, peace prize, nobel peace, Obama Stirs Praise, presidency barack, Rio de Janeiro, prize money, nobel prize
Golf, rugby added to Olympics lineup
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility Golf and rugby were added to the Olympics lineup for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Games in an International Olympics Committee vote in Denmark Friday. Golf will return to the Olympics for the first time since 1904 when Canada's George Lyon took the gold medal.
Tags: International Olympic Committee, IOC, Canada, Rio de Janeiro, Tiger Woods
Golf & rugby await Olympic vote
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility Top golfers Padraig Harrington and Michelle Wie and New Zealand rugby great Jonah Lomu will be part of their sport's final presentations. And the IOC congress will have a yes/no vote on the inclusion of each sport at 1200 BST and each sport only needs...
Tags: IOC Session, IOC congress, Jacques Rogge, ioc president, International Olympic Committee, Copenhagen, rugby sevens, Rio de Janeiro, Pádraig Harrington, olympic votes
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