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McDonald's Creates Asian-Inspired Versions of Food as Part of … - Wall Street Journal

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments


CCTV
McDonald's Creates Asian-Inspired Versions of Food as Part of
Wall Street Journal - 16 hours ago
By JANET ADAMY McDonald's is arming restaurant workers at the Beijing Olympics with video cameras and creating Asian-inspired versions of its food around
US waives gun restrictions for Beijing Olympics The Associated Press
German guys cycle to China to support Beijing Olympics People’s Daily Online
Olympic games could intensify water shortage in north China Radio Australia
Online Casino Sphere - Pioneer Press
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50 years of Chushi Gangdruk Commemorated in New York City

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Chushi Gangdruk, the first Tibetan organized voluntary resistance force to fight Communist China’s occupation of Tibet commemorated its 50th anniversary at a function organized by the Dokham

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Tags: DALAI LAMA · HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE OLYMPICS · TIBET

China, Dalai Lama's envoys eye fence-mending talks - Reuters

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

China, Dalai Lama's envoys eye fence-mending talks
Reuters - 31 minutes ago
By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to resume fence-mending talks with envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama,

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From the Wire - AlterNet

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Wire
AlterNet, CA - 58 minutes ago
PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy, apparently backing off a boycott threat, said Monday he could attend the opening of the Beijing Olympics if talks

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Tags: BOYCOTT BEIJING OLYMPICS

Hoff wins again; Hansen clinches Olympic berth - Sports Network

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Washington Post
Hoff wins again; Hansen clinches Olympic berth
Sports Network - Jun 30, 2008
Brendan Hansen secured a spot in the Beijing Olympics by winning the 100m breaststroke in a time of 59.93 seconds, just ahead of Mark Gangloff.
Another First for Hoff Washington Post
Hoff wins 400 freestyle, earns 2nd Olympic swimming berth USA Today
Her 400-meter freestyle win nets Olympic berth; Phelps set for duel Baltimore Sun
The Australian
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Bulgaria to send weightlifters in Beijing Olympics despite doping … - Xinhua

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments


Melbourne Herald Sun
Bulgaria to send weightlifters in Beijing Olympics despite doping
Xinhua, China - 1 hour ago
All of Bulgaria's best weightlifters who have been preparing for the Beijing Olympics were found to have used doping: samples taken from them on June 8 and
Eleven Bulgarian weightlifters to miss Beijing Olympics Sofia Echo
Bulgaria men, women teams withdraw from Olympics AFP
Olympics: Bulgaria blow Sky News
guardian.co.uk - New York Times
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Hunter-Galvan to compete in women's marathon at Beijing Olympics - Xinhua

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments


Sunday Star Times
Hunter-Galvan to compete in women's marathon at Beijing Olympics
Xinhua, China - 16 hours ago
WELLINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) — The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has selected Liza Hunter-Galvan to compete in the women's marathon at the Beijing
Hunter-Galvan set to learn her fate Stuff.co.nz
Athletics: Hunter-Galvan's preparation on track despite wait New Zealand Herald
Hunter-Galvan determined to finish well Radio Sport
Reuters.uk - Stuff.co.nz
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Quinn: Memories of Seoul - part one - TVNZ

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Quinn: Memories of Seoul - part one
TVNZ, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
So there was a boycott of sorts I suppose. Some of those who didn't show up were sorely missed as competitors but if the principal of the Olympic Games is

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Swimmers Beardsley, Buese, Mills and Walsh Featured in Boycott … - BigNews.biz (press release)

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Swimmers Beardsley, Buese, Mills and Walsh Featured in Boycott
BigNews.biz (press release), MA - 15 hours ago
Written by identical twins Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli, BOYCOTT: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games ($25.95, New Chapter Press)

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From Yak to Ypres - Telegraph.co.uk

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

From Yak to Ypres
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 3 hours ago
It's a truly beautiful package, with a photograph of the lovely Dalai Lama standing next to a yak. Incidentally, we've been trying to see if the Dalai Lama

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