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Jul 09 2008

Kitajima set for double gold defence at Beijing Olympics - Daily Times

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Voice of America

Kitajima set for double gold defence at Beijing Olympics
Daily Times, Pakistan - 1 hour ago
Kitajima slashed Hansen’s 200m world record by 0.99 second to 2:07.51 at a domestic meet in June, two months before the Olympic opening ceremony, ...
Olympic favourite blown out of water The Australian
Brendan Hansen struggles as Garrett Weber-Gale soars Los Angeles Times
Usher barely misses spot on Olympic team Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
International Herald Tribune - Voice of America
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Jul 09 2008

Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike - Kansas City Star

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BBC News

Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike
Kansas City Star, MO - 21 hours ago
8-24 Olympic Games. Under the slogan "Peaceful Beijing," security forces wield what human rights monitors call an unprecedented mandate to rid the city of ...
FM: British Tibetan separatist deported from China Xinhua
Olympic ultimatum for Dalai Lama The Press Association
Tibetan monasteries empty as China jails monks to silence Olympic ... Times Online
AFP - Globe and Mail
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Jul 09 2008

Kara Lynn Joyce added to Olympic swim team - The Associated Press

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Kara Lynn Joyce added to Olympic swim team
The Associated Press - 12 hours ago
Torres won the 100 free at last week's Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., but dropped out to focus on the 50 free as her only individual event in Beijing. ...
Ex-UGA swimmer Joyce added to Olympic team Atlanta Journal Constitution
Joyce added to Olympic team Online Athens
Kara Lynn Joyce Added to US Olympic Roster, USA Swimming Confirms SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
Philadelphia Inquirer - Los Angeles Times
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Jul 09 2008

Seven Network primed for more Olympic Games coverage - The Australian

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Seven Network primed for more Olympic Games coverage
The Australian, Australia - 3 hours ago
THE Seven Network may be forced to team with a pay-TV group to bid for the 2016 Olympics, after director Ryan Stokes revealed yesterday its enthusiasm to ...
IOC official: Algae outbreak in Olympics sailing venue ... Xinhua
Countdown to the Olympics BBC News
Two concerns for Olympics: Air and access International Herald Tribune
Wall Street Journal Blogs - Radio Australia
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Jul 09 2008

China Focus: Yearning for Olympics yuan creates huge collector queues - Xinhua

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BBC News

China Focus: Yearning for Olympics yuan creates huge collector queues
Xinhua, China - 2 hours ago
By Xinhua writer Wang Cong BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- As China sounded the one-month countdown to the Olympics, thousands of bank branches across the ...
Mao to be dropped from new 10 yuan banknotes to mark Olympic Games Irish Times
Chinese Residents Flock Commercial Banks To Avail Of Limited ... AHN
Chairman Mao gives way to Olympic stadium on Chinese banknotes Telegraph.co.uk
Shanghai Daily - guardian.co.uk
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Jul 09 2008

Gillis appeals Olympic track snub - TheChronicleHerald.ca

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The Gazette (Montreal)

Gillis appeals Olympic track snub
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago
The former CIS star achieved the Olympic ‘B’ standard — the minimum requirement to enter the Games — with a 28:07.19 at a meet in California in May. ...
Durham's Olympic experience Newsdurhamregion.com
Eric Gillis appeals ‘rising-star’ snub CBC.ca
SFU track star Abdulai makes Olympic team Vancouver Sun
Toronto Star - Waterloo Record
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Jul 09 2008

Olympic boss doubts violence will affect 2016 bid - Chicago Sun-Times

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Olympic boss doubts violence will affect 2016 bid
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 3 hours ago
"In terms of it resonating with [International Olympic Committee] voters and saying Chicago is an unsafe city, I don't think that would be the case at all."

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Jul 09 2008

Boulder Creek girl, 7, traveling to Beijing to help paint Olympic … - San Jose Mercury News

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Boulder Creek girl, 7, traveling to Beijing to help paint Olympic ...
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 3 hours ago
BOULDER CREEK -- Sorting through thousands of entries for an opportunity to paint on the children's mural for the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, ...

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Jul 09 2008