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thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Aug 23, 2008
Beijing, Aug 23 (Xinhua) China is estimated to have spent nearly $2 billion on construction of the Olympic Games venues, an official said here Saturday. The figure includes money spent on the construction of new venues …
Also tagged: uncategorized, xinhua, opening ceremony, bocog, beijing olympics, government spokesman, olympics venues, beijing city, olympic games venues, organizing committee
france24.com » France24 - sports - Aug 23, 2008
After victory in Athens in 2004, the Argentine football team claimed its second gold medal in a row in Beijing with a 1-0 win over Nigeria in the final of the Olympic tournament. Di Maria scored the only goal from a …
france24.com » France24 - sports - Aug 23, 2008
The French handball team reached the country's best result ever in an Olympic tournament: qualifying for the final. Les Bleus beat Croatia 25-23 in the semi-final and will play Iceland, who defeated Spain, for the gold …
nytimes.com » NYT > Opinion - Aug 22, 2008
Officials should right a wrong that grows larger with each passing Olympics and reconcile with Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the athletes who made the supposed black-power salute in the 1968 Olympics.
Also tagged: blacks, track and field, international olympic committee, united states olympic committee, awards decorations and honors, carlos john, smith tommie
france24.com » France24 - sports - Aug 22, 2008
Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba won both the 5,000m and 10,000m, achieving a historic Olympic double win. She is the first woman to achieve the feat.
france24.com » France24 - sports - Aug 22, 2008
Cuba and South Korea beat their regional rivals, the United States and Japan, during the Olympic baseball semifinals. The two teams will compete this weekend for the gold medal.
Also tagged: baseball, south korea, japan, cuba, united states
gadling.com » Gadling - Aug 22, 2008
Filed under: Photos I've seen a lot of photos of this years Beijing Olympics, but none of them impressed me as much as this massive panoramic photo made by Finnish photographer Kari Kuukka. You'll need to be patient …
Also tagged: panorama, panorama photos, panoramaphotos, olympics, beijing, olympic, panoramas, beijing 2008, beijing2008, beijingolympics, olympicgames, olympics games, olympicsgames
france24.com » France24 - monde - Aug 22, 2008
Jamaicans continues to bring gold to the island nation's medal table, most recently on Friday in the men's 4x100 m relay event, breaking a world record to boot. Usain Bolt, part of the team, collected his third Olympic …
nytimes.com » NYT > Asia Pacific - Aug 22, 2008
After trying to protest against China’s rule in Tibet, six Americans have been given 10-day detentions, the Chinese police said Friday.
Also tagged: china, tibet, demonstrations and riots, freedom and human rights
france24.com » France24 - sports - Aug 22, 2008
South Korea's double world champion Hwang Kyung-Seon beat Canada's Karine Sergerie to win the Olympic taekwondo women's -67kg gold medal. Croatian Sandra Saric and French Gwladys Epangue won the two bronze medals.