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Jul 16 2008

Questions for Bill Roe - Wall Street Journal

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Los Angeles Times

Questions for Bill Roe
Wall Street Journal - 3 hours ago
Bill Roe at a US Olympic team trials press conference earlier this month. Track, like many Olympic sports, makes its return to the American consciousness ...
Track coach banned for life Arizona Republic
Former Coach Receives Lifetime Ban New York Times
Former coach Graham banned for life by USADA Reuters Canada
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Jul 16 2008

USA Men's Basketball Hopes to Re-Establish International Dominance - Voice of America

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Voice of America

USA Men's Basketball Hopes to Re-Establish International Dominance
Voice of America - 6 hours ago
By Chris Cox The United States Men's Olympic Basketball team goes into Beijing as one of the favorites to win the gold medal, but for the first time since ...
Durant, Rose picked for select team roster USA Today
Rose, Mayo to train against US Olympic team Memphis Commercial Appeal
Mayo named to USA Select Team Bizjournals.com
Ottawa Citizen - MarketWatch
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Jul 16 2008

US Track & Field roster announced for Olympics - Ottawa Citizen

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Arizona Republic

US Track & Field roster announced for Olympics
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 1 hour ago
Wariner joins a list of multiple medalists (Olympics & Worlds) that also features women's sprinters Allyson Felix, Lauryn Williams, Sanya Richards, ...
Greer makes US Olympic track team Arizona Republic
USA Track & Field selects Olympics athletics team, hopes to ... Beijing 2008
Greer makes US track roster for Beijing Olympics The Associated Press
USA Today - MSNBC
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Jul 16 2008

Beijing Gets Makeover for Olympics - Voice of America

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Canada.com

Beijing Gets Makeover for Olympics
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
By Brian Padden With less than a month to go before the Olympics open, preparations in China continue. So do concerns about pollution, human rights and ...
Beijing Olympics 2008: Amnesty International torture ads dropped Telegraph.co.uk
Failing on Human Rights istockAnalyst.com
Protesters call on China to honour Olympics vow Ottawa Citizen
International Herald Tribune - Wall Street Journal
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Jul 16 2008

Boxer Luis Yanez reinstated to Olympic squad - USA Today

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Los Angeles Times

Boxer Luis Yanez reinstated to Olympic squad
USA Today - 2 hours ago
By Tom Weir, USA TODAY DALLAS — USA Boxing announced Wednesday an agreement that will allow light flyweight Luis Yanez to return to the US Olympic team. ...
Report: Olympic ban to be reversed for US boxer International Herald Tribune
Duncanville's Yanez reinstated to Olympic boxing team, sources say Dallas Morning News
Texas boxer is allowed back on US team Los Angeles Times
WFAA - Arizona Republic
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Jul 16 2008

China denies exaggerating Olympic terror threat - Radio Australia

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Voice of America

China denies exaggerating Olympic terror threat
Radio Australia, Australia - 4 hours ago
Olympic organisers have denied Chinese authorities are exaggerating the extent of the terrorist threat to next month's Beijing Games in order to justify a ...
Beijing Olympic terror plots foiled The Press Association
China breaks up 12 terror cells: state media AFP
China Reports Breakup of More Suspected Terrorist Groups Ahead of ... Voice of America
The Associated Press - Expressindia.com
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Jul 16 2008

Germany's Schroeder to attend Olympic opening - The Associated Press

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Germany's Schroeder to attend Olympic opening
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plans to attend the opening of the Beijing Olympics next month, his office said Wednesday. ...

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Jul 16 2008

Olympic gold medalist dies during practice for Beijing Olympics - WELT ONLINE

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WELT ONLINE

Olympic gold medalist dies during practice for Beijing Olympics
WELT ONLINE, Germany - 1 hour ago
Two-time Olympic canoeing gold medalist Gyorgy Kolonics died Tuesday after collapsing in his canoe during training. Gyorgy Kolonics was a world champion in ...
Hungarian Olympic canoeing champ dies Los Angeles Times
Olympics Photo Wire ESPN
Hungarian Olympic canoe medalist Kolonics dies at 36 USA Today
Bloomberg - Washington Post
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Jul 16 2008

Beijing's Olympic Village Court opens - Xinhua

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Times Online

Beijing's Olympic Village Court opens
Xinhua, China - 1 hour ago
BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Games Village People's Local Court, the only law facility bearing the Olympic title in the country, opened here on ...
Lifting Dwain Chambers's Olympic ban is last thing athletics needs Times Online
Dwain Chambers drug case masks empty Beijing 2012 Olympic medal hopes Telegraph.co.uk
British sprint line-up uncertain The Canberra Times
Voice of America - CBC.ca
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Jul 16 2008

Magic's Howard ready to go in Beijing Olympics - USA Today

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WFLA

Magic's Howard ready to go in Beijing Olympics
USA Today - 3 hours ago
Soon, he and his Olympic teammates hope, the All-Star center from Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy will add "gold" to that list. ...
Tyson to train with US team The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
Chandler to train with Team USA International Herald Tribune
Magic's Howard ready for Team USA Florida Today
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