Fri. July 25, 2008
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Hindu
July 25, 2008
Beijing (PTI):
China has unveiled four high-speed trains, the first of its kind made only for sightseeing during the
Beijing Olympics. ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
21-year-old Messi has been called up to represent
Argentina in
Beijing and clubs are obliged to release players who are under the age of 23. ...
Bloomberg
July 25, 2008
Xin
Beijing Art Gallery said it scrapped a weekend display of Ma Baozhong's work because censors found fault with his oil paintings of the
Dalai Lama and ...
MarketWatch
July 25, 2008
TV Guide Network's programming will include a one-hour television special SUMMER GAMES SUPERSTARS previewing the Beijing Olympic Games as well as NBC's ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
Beijing, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The elderly were playing cards on Friday afternoon in Ritan Park while
children all around them ran wild and laughed. ...
CTV.ca
July 25, 2008
Athletes will be front-and-centre as the world focuses on
Beijing for the Olympics but billions have already been spent behind the scenes to ensure ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
Nairobi, July 25 (Xinhua) --
China is making progress in controlling air pollution in the capital city,
Beijing, where the Olympic Games will begin next ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
HELSINKI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Finnish Olympic team hopes to get three medals with at least one gold medal in the coming Beijing Olympic Games, ...
The Australian
July 25, 2008
"She's still hoping to compete in Beijing," Jacobs said. "She's doing as well as can be expected. This is extremely stressful.'' Hardy was told earlier this ...
Los Angeles Times
July 25, 2008
As
Athletes pack their bags for the
Beijing Games,
the US Anti-Doping Agency is stepping up educational efforts to ensure that they're familiar with IOC ...
Reuters India
July 25, 2008
Beijing (Reuters) - A popular Chinese newspaper could face punishment after
printing a picture of casualties in the 1989 military crackdown on ...
Edmonton Sun
July 25, 2008
Baghdad -- Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics,
Iraq was told yesterday it's not welcome in
Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
Beijing, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Beijing is to run services on 28 special bus routes for the people attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Aug. ...
Bizjournals.com
July 25, 2008
Although the Opening Ceremony for the
Beijing Olympics is right around the corner, it's not too late for Dayton residents to head to
China and see
Athletes ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
Beijing, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Forty-eight beach volleyball teams for the
Beijing Olympics were announced later Thursday in Lausanne,
Switzerland with US ...
Reuters
July 25, 2008
By Jason Subler and Ben Blanchard Beijing (Reuters) - The number of foreign tourists visiting Beijing fell nearly 20 percent in June from a year earlier, ...
International Herald Tribune
July 25, 2008
By Howard W. French
Shanghai: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in
Beijing in a few days will turn Shakespeare on his head. ...
Reuters
July 25, 2008
Softball was invented by American George Hancock in 1887 as an indoor game. In 1895, the first women's team was formed in Chicago. ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
Seoul, July 25 (Xinhua)-- A South Korean Judo champion in 2006 Asian Games will lead South Korean delegation in the opening ceremony of the
Beijing Olympics ...
Xinhua
July 25, 2008
Beijing, July 25 (Xinhua) --
Beijing's Olympic Village is "all ready" to welcome
Athletes from across the world, the village's spokeswoman said here Friday. ...
Trading Markets (press release)
July 25, 2008
Jennifer Li, CFO of Baidu, said that there might be a decrease in business-related searches during the Beijing Olympics in August, although more users could ...
ABC Online
July 25, 2008
By Michael Edwards Viagra could be used at the
Beijing Games, an expert has tipped. (www.sxc.hu: Lynne Lancaster) One of
Australia's leading anti-doping ...
Reuters
July 25, 2008
By Jason Subler and Ben Blanchard Beijing, July 25 (Reuters) - The number of foreign tourists visiting Beijing fell nearly 20 percent in June from a year ...
Kansas City Star
July 24, 2008
By TRISTAN AIRD Stephanie Brown Trafton will deliberately leave for Beijing earlier than many of her US Olympian counterparts. But don't expect the former ...
Voice of America
July 24, 2008
By Paul Sisco Opening ceremonies for the
Beijing Olympics are on August 8.
President Bush plans to attend. This week he invited team members to the White ...
Economist
July 24, 2008
Beijing is ringed with police checkpoints to keep troublemakers at bay. But the authorities have named three city parks where demonstrations, in theory, ...
China Daily
July 24, 2008
If all goes as planned, either reigning gold medalist shooter Du Li or world champion Zhao Yinghui will raise 2008's first gold at the Beijing Shooting ...
