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Olympic Games stories: 65 news summaries

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Fading US Sway Leads to Darfur, Burma Inaction 

China is ignoring rights abuses for economic interests, Time says

Oct 15, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Diminished US influence is allowing human rights violators in Darfur and Burma to get away with murder, Harvard expert Samantha Power writes in Time. America is speaking up louder than ever, but Uncle Sam’s diplomatic nadir makes for “a void in global human rights leadership.” China has... More »

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China • Darfur • genocide • human rights • US • Burma • Olympic Games

 Chinese Prez Rips Corruption

Oct 15, 07 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - China's President Hu Jintao blasted the "extravagance and corruption" of some Communist officials at a key party congress today as he warned that the nation's promise has "fallen short" of public expectation. He also cautioned that "independence" forces were growing stronger in Taiwan and that the island... More »

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China • Taiwan • Communist Party • Hu Jintao • Olympic Games • 17th Party Congress • Li Dongsheng • politburo • Li Keqiang • Xi Jinping • Wu Bangguo

IOC Will Move Quickly to Strip Jones of Medals

100-meter gold may go to runner in another drug scandal

Oct 5, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Olympic Committee announced today that it is ready to make a speedy move to strip Marion Jones of the three gold and two bronze medals she took home from the 2000 Sydney Games. Now that Jones has pled guilty, IOC vice-president Thomas Bach intends to "accelerate and... More »

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anabolic steroids • doping • track and field • Olympic Games • Marion Jones • BALCO • gold medal

After World Cup Dismissal, Hope to Fly Solo

Player banished from games; coach under fire for not playing her

Sep 29, 07 6:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US women’s soccer team just suffered one of its worst World Cup losses, but all eyes are focused on the team’s outspoken player and embattled coach. Goalie Hope Solo was banished today after publicly criticizing the choice of veteran teammate Briana Scurry to replace her in the... More »

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World Cup • Shanghai • Olympic Games • Briana Scurry • US women's soccer • Hope Solo • Greg Ryan

Romney Passed
Trial By Torch

Candidate learned
from running 2002 Games, but also
drew flip-flop rap

Sep 19, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney built his persona and political team as chief executive of the 2002 Winter Olympics, but also grew a reputation for playing to his audience. In turning around the scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Games, the GOP presidential hopeful gained poise unseen in his failed 1994 Senate run, the New ... More »

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Mitt Romney • Senate • earmarks • Salt Lake City • Olympic Games • flip flop • International Olympic Committee

Chicago Throws Hat Into Ring(s)

Windy City officially joins race for 2016 Olympic Games

Sep 14, 07 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago and six other cities kicked off the competition for the 2016 Olympics yesterday by filing official applications to play host to the Games. The other candidates are 1964 Summer Olympics host Tokyo; Rio de Janeiro; Prague; Madrid; Doha, Qatar; and Baku, Azerbaijan. Chicago is likely to be among the... More »

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Chicago • Olympic Games • 2016 Olympics

A Few Words of Mandarin Go Far in Sydney

Opposition leader upstages hosts, score huge points with Chinese at summit

Sep 7, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man tipped to be Australia's next prime minister has scored a major diplomatic coup at this week's APEC summit in Sydney, upstaging PM John Howard. Opposition leader Kevin Rudd spoke to delegates in fluent Mandarin and so impressed Hu Jintao that the Chinese president issued a personal invitation to... More »

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Australia • 2008 Beijing Olympics • John Howard • Hu Jintao • Kevin Rudd • Olympic Games

US, China Grow Closer Despite Touchy Issues

Bush accepts Olympics invitation; talks recalls, environment with Hu

Sep 6, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush accepted an invitation today from China’s president to attend next summer’s Olympics, a gesture that will likely anger human rights activists but may increase pressure on Beijing, the Times reports. In a 90-minute meeting in the eve of the APEC summit, Hu Jintao and Bush... More »

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China • climate change • military • Australia • human rights • United States • Hu Jintao • APEC summit • toy recalls • Olympic Games • George W. Bush

Winners of
the Iraq War:
The Scots

Independence party finally scored by opposing war

Sep 4, 07 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Scotland’s separatists became the first party to wrest control of the Scottish Parliament from Labour last May, it was due to a surge of anti-Iraq-war sentiment as much as pro-independence fervor. But the  Scottish National Party has proved adept at governing, the New Republic notes, making small popular... More »

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Iraq • health care • United Kingdom • Scotland • Scottish National Party • broadcasting • Olympic Games • Iraq war

James Revives Dream Team

James Leads US to Victory at FIBA; Raises Hopes for Beijing

Sep 3, 07 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Basketball phenom LeBron James made a team-record 31 points during the 118-81 victory against Argentina in the FIBA Americas championship last night. Argentina, the defending Olympic champion, was missing key players including Manu Ginobili, but still secured a place in Beijing. The American team won 10 games in 12 days,... More »

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basketball • LeBron James • Carmelo Anthony • Allen Iverson • FIBA • Luis Scola • Olympic Games

In This Corner,
a Boxer Jabbing at a Dream

Having won citizenship, champ aims for spot on US Olympic team

Aug 20, 07 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - As a Dominican native, Fernando Guerrero had to fight for US citizenship. This week, the middleweight boxer is saving his jabs for the ring, where he hopes to earn a spot on the US Olympic squad headed for Beijing. The 20-year-old champ, whose career detoured because he wasn’t a... More »

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boxing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • citizenship • Dominican Republic • Muhammad Ali • Joe Louis • Rocky Marciano • Fernando Guerrero • Olympic Games

Rookie Gymnast Vaults Her Rep

Shawn Johnson steals the spotlight

Aug 18, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The USA Gymnastics team is rolling out a new megastar for Beijiing 2008: Shawn Johnson, a 4'10" 15-year-old who's been racking up gold medals at national and international championships even while finishing high school. But Johnson has only been on the national team for 10 months, and she's still getting... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • gymnastics • gymnast • Shawn Johnson • Olympic Games

Beijing Smog May Postpone Olympic Events

With exactly 1 year
to go, China scrambles to reduce pollution

Aug 8, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The air pollution in Beijing is so bad that some 2008 Olympic events may have to be postponed. IOC president Jacques Rogge is worried about participants in endurance events like cycling because air quality remains dismal despite government efforts, such as shutting down factories, to improve it. Construction for the... More »

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China • pollution • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • smog • Jacques Rogge • Olympic Games • air pollution

In Countdown to 2008 Olympics, Beijing Besieged

Pollution, human
rights, food safety issues all draw fire

Aug 7, 07 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins tomorrow, activists and Olympic organizers alike have been vocal in their concerns about the host city. The government is under fire for press harassment: journalists were detained for several hours yesterday after a Reporters Without Borders conference, and six Free Tibet... More »

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China • human rights • pollution • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • food safety • Hu Jintao • Tibet • journalist • Olympic Games • air pollution

Rockets Star Yao Marries

Bride stars in national b'ball team

Aug 7, 07 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gargantuan Houston Rockets center Yao Ming and his Chinese girlfriend—a hoops star in her own right—got hitched in Shanghai yesterday, People magazine reports. The 7'6" Ming and 6'2" Ye Li held the ceremony and reception at the lush Shangri-La hotel with 70 guests—and close to 100 reporters... More »

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China • NBA • basketball • Yao Ming • Houston Rockets • Ye Li • Shangri La • Olympic Games

Sochi Wins 2014 Games

Putin speech helps Black Sea resort win Winter  Oympics

Jul 5, 07 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in the Black Sea resort of Sochi — thanks in part to personal intervention by Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, reports Reuters. Putin addressed a session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala City in English, French and Spanish, helping Sochi win a 51-47... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Sochi • Black Sea • Pyeongchang • Olympic Games

Olympic Schedule Caters to US

International broadcasters fume over odd times

Jun 15, 07 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some marquee events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will air live during US prime time, and the schedule is giving international TV execs a scorching case of jet lag. But complaints from outside North America are falling on deaf ears, the Wall Street Journal reports, because money talks: NBC paid... More »

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China • television • NBC • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic Games • International Olympic Committee

China Curbs Executions as Olympics Loom

Executions down 40% in runup to 2008

Jun 9, 07 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Capital punishment is on the decline in China, a country responsible for more than half of the world's executions. Beijing doesn't release figures, but human rights watchers say death penalty cases are down as much as 40% over the last six years. Sinologists reckon much of that drop represents an... More »

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China • death penalty • human rights • execution • 2008 Beijing Olympics • capital punishment • Olympic Games

'No Go to the Logo,' Say Londoners 

Olympics logo is making people not only furious but physically ill

Jun 6, 07 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Londoners loathe the logo unveiled Monday for the 2012 Olympics so much that 30,000 have already signed a petition demanding a new one. The jagged pink-and-orange rendition of 2012  took a brand-consultancy firm $800,000 and more than a year to design; Olympics organizers, calling it "dynamic" and... More »

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London • 2012 London Olympics • Ken Livingstone • logo • design • epilepsy • Olympic Games

China Eases Up Slightly
on Tiananmen Anniversary

Government allows memorials for the first time

Jun 5, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - As part of its campaign to attract Western visitors to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China allowed Tiananmen Square memorials this year for the first time since the protests of June 4, 1989. The government maintains that the uprising was a counterrevolutionary riot and refuses to release details; a security crackdown... More »

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China • Hong Kong • Beijing • Tiananmen Square • 2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • political reform • Olympic Games

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