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Re: Latynina UB 1956 Olympics

2008-12-14T12:57:37Z

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Re: Salt Lake City 2002 OC - The Lighting of Olympic Cauldron

2008-10-31T15:30:56Z

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China wins praise for Olympics - 24 Aug 2008

2008-10-29T15:30:50Z

As the Olympic Games officially come to an end, China celebrates an event that produced great sporting moments.

Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan in Beijing reports on how critics are already writing their reviews on what the Games have meant for the host nation and its people.

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Olympic games come to an end - 24 Aug 2008

2008-10-29T15:30:50Z

For China, it has been a remarkable two weeks of colour, sound, and extraordinary sporting achievement.

Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett takes a look back at some of the highs and the lows from Beijing 2008.

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Is This Big Foot?

2009-01-07T22:59:19Z

New possible footage of Big Foot. Could be fake.

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101 East - China's challenges - 14 Aug 08 - Part 2

2008-10-29T03:31:20Z

In 25 years China has been taken from poverty to modernity, the Olympics and the brink of superpower status. But their have been costs - galloping inflation, the world's worst pollution and a social fabric that is showing the stain. This episode of 101 East asks what the future holds for China after the games.

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HAAZZAA BATON AWARD!

2008-10-31T03:31:30Z

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written/ performed by dennis trainor, jr

all unanswered questions about the "davis Fleetwood" story:
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Re: Obama Girl vs. McCain Girl: Olympics part 3

2008-10-29T03:30:49Z

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China Replaced Opening Ceremony Singer With Cuter Girl

2008-10-29T03:30:58Z

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Re: USA is behind the Georgia - Russian War

2008-10-29T03:30:35Z

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One in a Billion -Obsessing over China's Bird's Nest

2008-12-08T03:08:09Z

The radical design of China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, has captured the imagination of many in Beijing.

One of them is a 70-year-old Chinese photographer who spent hours painstakingly documenting the construction of the unique structure from day one.

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The Olympic Collision of Sports and News - Sean McManus

2008-10-29T21:30:42Z

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CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus recalls his father's reporting on the terrorist attacks at the 1972 Olympics, and comments on instances in which sports and news collide.

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Sean McManus discusses Sports and News Television in America as part of Sport in America during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.

Sean McManus was named president of CBS Sports in 1996 and president of CBS News in 2005. He is only the second person to hold both division titles simultaneously.

As president of CBS Sports, McManus led the organization's efforts in acquiring broadcast rights to the National Football League. He serves as executive producer overseeing all aspects of CBS Sports' coverage of the NFL, including production, on-air talent, advertising, and promotion.

During McManus' more than ten years as president of the division, CBS Sports has become the year-round leader in network sports television. In 1999, he led CBS to an unprecedented landmark agreement with the NCAA which became the most comprehensive sports agreement in history. He also reached new multi-year agreements regarding broadcast rights with the PGA Tour and the PGA Championship. Additionally, he extended CBS' broadcast agreements with the United States Tennis Association, the Big Ten conference, and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) football and basketball agreements through 2008.

As president of CBS News, McManus has undertaken a restructuring and retooling of the division, both in front of and behind the camera. Most notable on the on-air side was the April 2006 announcement that Katie Couric would join CBS News as the new anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News and a correspondent for 60 Minutes.

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Is China Fit to Hold the Olympics? - Bob Brown

2008-10-29T15:31:20Z

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Australian Senator Bob Brown argues that China's record on human rights holds it in violation of the Olympic Charter - and therefore, not fit to hold the Olympic Games.

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Prince Charles has declined to attend the Beijing games as a protest against perceived human rights abuses. Steven Spielberg heads a list of celebrities urging others to stay away. There has been unprecedented worldwide public protest over China's human rights abuses.

However, are China’s failings any greater than those of other nations that have hosted the Olympics? What of China's great strengths -- do they count for nothing? Where does the balance lie?

Should sport be 'quarantined' from the politics of such matters? And in any case, who are we to judge such matters when there are so many problems in our own backyard? - Intelligence Squared Australia

Senator Bob Brown has been a life-long activist and has become a leading voice for human rights in Australia. Earlier this year, his "Tibet Motion," calling for the Australian Government to take reasonable action against repression of Tibetan people by China, passed the Senate without dissent.

He has long been involved in conservation, and in 1986, he was shot at and assaulted during logging protests. He became the director of the Wilderness Society, which organised the blockade of the dam-works on Tasmania's wild Franklin River in 1982, where he was arrested and spent nineteen days in Risdon Prison. While serving in the Tasmanian parliament, he successfully campaigned for a large increase in the protected wilderness areas.

Bob Brown was a driving force in forming the Australian Greens in 1992. He has spoken widely for the rights of the Tibetan people and against human rights abuses within China.

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Human Rights and Past Olympics - Hamish McDonald

2008-10-29T15:30:20Z

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Australian Journalist Hamish McDonald contrasts the outpouring of protest over the Beijing Olympic Games to silence in previous years - such as the 1904 games in St. Louis, Missouri - when other questionable human rights issues were largely ignored by the international community.

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However, are China’s failings any greater than those of other nations that have hosted the Olympics? What of China's great strengths -- do they count for nothing? Where does the balance lie?

Hamish McDonald has spent twenty of his thirty-five years in journalism based in Asia - in Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, India, and China, where he was the correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald based in Beijing.

He is currently the Asia-Pacific editor for the Sydney Morning Herald. He has been political editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. He is the author of several books.

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Global Pulse - 07/31/08: Beijing Games: Charm & Control

2008-10-30T09:31:08Z

(July 31, 2008) China promised journalists complete freedom at the Olympics. But the press found that crashing Beijing's great wall of censorship was an Olympic sport in itself. Did media control, doping and a "tough love" charm offensive tarnish China's Olympic gold?

SOURCES: CCTV, China; Al Jazeera, Qatar; BBC, U.K.; Deutsche Welle, Germany; TV5, France

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Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that helps you navigate the news of the world by comparing and contrasting TV news reports. See all the episodes of Global Pulse at linktv.org
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China's Olympics Best-Case Scenario - James Miles

2008-10-29T03:30:45Z

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China correspondent for The Economist James Miles outlines what would be the best possible scenario for China during the 2008 summer Olympics.

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The Economist Covers China: Earthquakes, Demonstrations, and the Beijing Olympic Games

A Conversation between Orville Schell and James Miles of The Economist.

James Miles has been China Correspondent for the Economist, based in Beijing, since 2001. Before that, he held many positions with the BBC, including Beijing Bureau Chief for BBC News and Current Affairs, 1988 to 1994, Hong Kong Correspondent, BBC World Service, 1995 to 1997 and Senior Chinese Affairs Analyst, BBC News London, 1997 to 2000. James has been interviewed on CNN, Channel 4 evening news, BBC One Ten O'Clock News, BBC Radio 4 'Today', BBC Radio 5 Live evening news and ITV evening news, amongst others.

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Are the Olympics Outdated? - Frank Deford

2008-10-28T15:29:25Z

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Acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford addresses political issues surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and argues that the Olympic Games have become outdated as a cultural concept.

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Frank Deford, senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated and commentator for National Public Radio, delivers a lecture encompassing a wide swath of the world of sports from the Olympic Games to college athletics.

Frank Deford is a six-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Senior Contributing Editor at Sports Illustrated, commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, and a correspondent on the HBO show RealSports with Bryant Gumbel.

In addition to being the author of more than a dozen books, he has been elected to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters and has been awarded both an Emmy and a Peabody.

Sporting News describes Deford as the most influential sports voice among members of the print media and GQ simply calls him the world's greatest sportswriter.

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Cycling for Gold

2008-10-29T03:30:26Z

Jul 14 - Cuba's Gonzalez hopes she can match her 2004 World Cycling Gold at Beijing Olympics.Gonzalez is one of the most consistent cyclists in the region and one of Latin America's best hopes to clinch an Olympic medal.Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

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SFTtv: Keep Politics Out of the Olympics, IOC tells China

2009-01-07T22:49:06Z

SFTtv: Log On. Tune In. RISE UP!

http://www.FreeTibet2008.org

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SFTtv: Torch Arrives in Lhasa

2009-01-07T22:49:06Z

SFTtv: Torch Arrives in Lhasa

Featuring Tibetan Correspondents: Ngawang and Jungney talking about Nonviolent Direct Action Strategy

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High altitude training in Bolivia

2008-10-28T09:31:09Z

Jun. 16 Bolivian and Mexican race walkers are bundling up to train in high-altitudes ahead of August's Olympic Games in Beijing.

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High altitude training in Bolivia

2008-10-28T09:30:47Z

Jun. 16 - Bolivian and Mexican race walkers are bundling up to train in high-altitudes ahead of August's Olympic Games in Beijing.

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TIBETANS AND SUPPORTERS PROTEST OUTSIDE OF IOC MEETING

2009-01-07T22:49:06Z

TIBETANS AND SUPPORTERS PROTEST OUTSIDE OF IOC MEETING IN ATHENS; ACTIVISTS EJECTED FROM HOTEL GROUNDS
Tibetans Demand IOC Cancel Tibet Leg of Torch Relay and Pressure China for Immediate Media Access to Tibet

Contact: Tenzin Yeshi, Tibetan Youth

Athens -- Pro-Tibet activists protested outside the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Board meeting today in Athens. Four young Tibetan women from the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe were denied access to the hotel where the IOC meeting is taking place, and immediately staged a dramatic 'die-in' to symbolize the death of Tibetans which Tibet activists fear is likely if China is allowed to parade the Olympic torch through Tibetan areas. Additionally, two activists were ejected from the hotel after distributing leaflets appealing to supporters of the Olympic movement to speak up to the IOC. Outside, supporters also held Tibetan flags and banners reading "IOC: No Torch In Tibet!" and "Open Tibet To Media!" During the demonstration, the four Tibetan women carried a photo of Sangye Lhamo, a 23-year old Tibetan nun who was beaten and arrested by Chinese police last Thursday after staging a peaceful protest in Kardze, eastern Tibet.

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China imposes ban on plastic bags - 1 Jun 08

2008-10-14T11:25:53Z

Chinese consumers use three billion plastic bags every day, but not for much longer.

A government ban on plastic bags has come into force, part of China's efforts to improve its green image ahead of the Olympic Games.

But as Gerald Tan reports, the environmental benefits come with a social cost.

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C.F.L SUPER HEROE's Charity Event for BC Childrens Hospital

2009-01-07T22:37:58Z

C.F.L SUPER HEROE's Charity Event for BC Childrens Hospital!

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE TEAM @ COSTCO
In Port Coquitlam, British Columbia (Tri-Cities)

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