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The Olympic spirit soars over Beijing's hurdles »
Posted by: hurr1 3 months ago in Sports
AMID the protests and the smog, the Olympic flame barely flickered for armchair critic Jane Fynes-Clinton until, that is, the athletes gave their all.
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Would-Be Beijing Protesters Punished »
Posted by: monte-g 2 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Two Beijing women in their late 70s have been sentenced to a year of administrative detention after applying to protest in the Chinese capital's ...
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How to Watch the Olympics Live »
Posted by: Zubbie 3 months, 1 week ago in Sports
A syndication of up-to-the-minute working online streams available on the Internet that you can use to watch the olympic games. The list is updated and ...
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Experimental Apartment in Beijing Achieves 99 percent Purity of Indoor Air »
Posted by: Varadinum 3 months ago in Science & Technology
Two indoor air quality (IAQ) experts who are in China to work with athletes during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games announced today that they have ...
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Phelps becomes winningest Olympic athlete ever »
Posted by: ap 3 months, 1 week ago in Sports
BEIJING (AP) _ For Michael Phelps, it's not enough to just set a new standard. He has to demolish the old one. Winningest Olympian ...
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Phelps becomes winningest Olympic athlete ever »
Posted by: ap 3 months, 1 week ago in Sports
BEIJING (AP) _ For Michael Phelps, it's not enough to just set a new standard. He has to demolish the old one. Winningest Olympian ...
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Viewers glued to HD Olympics coverage »
Posted by: Hootsman 3 months ago in Science & Technology
NBC Universal is attracting an average of 29.1 million US viewers to its coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games, according to figures just released ...
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China Intensifies Persecution of Christians Ahead of Olympics »
Posted by: pacodecabra 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
While the world remains focused on the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, Christians are being singled out as well. In what it calls an effort to ...
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Speedway latest sport to benefit from demand for HD coverage »
Posted by: Hootsman 3 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Sport is proving to be a great catalyst in expanding the availability of HD coverage around the world.
NBC's impressive US viewing figures for ... -
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US completes romp through pool play; Aussies next »
Posted by: ap 3 months ago in Sports
BEIJING (AP) _ The U.S. Olympic team put away Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in a hurry. Next up: the only team so far these ...
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Beijing 2008: Rafael Nadal crushes Lleyton Hewitt »
Posted by: hookmann 3 months, 1 week ago in Sports
Rafael Nadal crushed former world number one Lleyton Hewitt 6-1 6-2 at the Olympic Tennis Centre before Roger Federer gave El Salvador’s Rafael Arevalo ...
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Phelps swims into history, winning 7th gold medal »
Posted by: ap 3 months ago in Sports
BEIJING (AP) _ With history hanging in the balance, Michael Phelps decided to take one more stroke. His long arms soared above the water, windmilled ...
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Phelps swims into history, winning 7th gold medal »
Posted by: ap 3 months ago in Sports
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Gay falters, fails to advance to 100 Olympic final »
Posted by: ap 3 months ago in Sports
BEIJING (AP) _ For Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, it will still be a dream matchup. For Tyson Gay, a bitter disappointment.
The American record-holder ...
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Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m »
Posted by: ap 3 months ago in Sports
BEIJING (AP) _ Usain Bolt. Insane speed.
The Jamaican wunderkind hurtled to his second world record and his second Olympic gold medal, finishing the 200-meter ...
