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[| **Beijing Olympics**: China designates special 'protest zones'] [|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom By David Eimer in **Beijing** Such zones have been a feature of every **Olympics** since Sydney in 2000, and for China they are a response to criticisms that **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|1100 Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal ahead of **Olympics**] AFP -
 * ...** had arrested at least 1100 Tibetans protesting near Chinese embassy buildings on Friday, hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|**Olympics** athletes sign letter urging China to respect Tibet freedoms] [|guardian.co.uk] - UK More than 40 athletes taking part in the **Beijing Olympics** have signed an open letter addressed to China's government today, urging the respect human rights **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics**: George W Bush attacks China on human rights **...**] [|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom George W Bush used a speech given on the eve of the opening of the **Beijing Olympics** to call on the Chinese government to respect the human rights of its **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Tibetans to march against **Beijing Olympics**] Hindustan Times - India Tibetans living in exile in India are expected to turn out in large numbers for a protest march against the **Beijing Olympics** in Delhi on Thursday, **...** [[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx%3FID%3D4d17065a-e36e-48af-a5cf-003fd72faa31|See all stories on this topic

]] [| **Beijing Olympics** should promote peace--Dalai Lama] Inquirer.net - Philippines The **Beijing** Games "should contribute to promoting the **Olympic** spirit of friendship, openness and peace," the Nobel peace laureate said in Dharamshala, **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|The haze, and with it **Olympic** pollution fears, is back in **Beijing**] Bangkok Post - Thailand
 * ...** (dpa) - The haze was back on Monday after several more or less clear days, bringing with it new concern about pollution affecting the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Rogge: **Olympics** affirm China transformation] International Herald Tribune - France AP **BEIJING**: Four days before the opening ceremony, IOC president Jacques Rogge said the **Beijing Olympics** will be a historic milestone, affirming China's **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| German **Olympics** Official: We're Not Ignoring Human Rights] Deutsche Welle - Germany DE spoke to the German **Olympic** Sports Federation amid a growing debate on human rights as the **Beijing Olympics** loom. This weekend, the president of the **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Olympic** protesters required to apply first] The Associated Press -
 * BEIJING** (AP) — Foreign and local protesters who want to speak out against the **Beijing Olympics** are required to apply five days in advance, **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Olympic** protesters must apply for permission] International Herald Tribune - France AP **BEIJING**: Protesters at the **Beijing Olympics** will have to apply for permission to demonstrate five days in advance and may not harm national interests, **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| WRAPUP 2-**Olympics**-China allows Tiananmen music, warns protesters] Reuters - USA
 * ...** on Sunday but also gave warnings to would-be protesters as it tried to show openness yet avoid any late embarrassment before the **Beijing Olympics** start. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics**: A successful Games would be good for the world **...**] [|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom As the start of the **Beijing Olympics** approaches, China is apparently cleaning up its act. George Walden lived there during the Cultural Revolution and has **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Chinese President Extols Potential Legacy of **Beijing Olympics**] Voice of America - USA By VOA News Chinese President Hu Jintao says the upcoming **Beijing Olympics** will leave a economic and spiritual legacy for years to come. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| China military in massive **Olympics** security role] The Associated Press - Tian Yixiang, of the **Olympics** security command center, told reporters. "To the **Beijing Olympic** Games, the biggest threat comes from the East Turkistan **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Olympic** predictions] BBCSlovak.com - London,UK For China, the **Beijing Olympics** will be a success - even a triumph - if the answers to these four questions are yes, yes, no, no. [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics** 2008: Chinese fashion police crack down on style **...**] [|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom Fashion police at the **Beijing Olympics** have ordered men to steer clear of white socks with black shoes and advised women to shun leather skirts. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China dismisses claims it is spying on **Olympic** guests] Bangkok Post - Thailand
 * ...** United States senator that the country has installed Internet-spying equipment in all the major hotels providing accommodation for the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Media Web Access to Be Censored at **Olympics**, Organizers Say] Bloomberg - USA Sun Weide, the chief spokesman for the **Beijing Olympics** organizing committee, said journalists wouldn't be allowed to access Web sites connected to banned **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| China tightens Tibet security ahead of **Beijing Olympics**] Times Online - UK China has announced a sweeping security operation in Lhasa to ensure no anti-Chinese unrest rocks the Tibetan capital during the **Beijing Olympic** Games in **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Official: **Beijing Olympics** to provide sufficient, convenient **...**] Xinhua - China by Xinhua writer Meng Na **BEIJING**, July 30 (Xinhua) -- A **Beijing Olympic** Games organizing committee official said here on Wednesday that all journalists **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar, Just Not at **Olympics**: William Pesek] Bloomberg - USA And yet, when it comes to the **Beijing Olympics**, some of the criticism aimed at China should be directed elsewhere: the International **Olympic** Committee. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Some Web Sites Blocked at China **Olympic** Press Center] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">PC World - USA These observations confirm earlier reports that some sites were blocked at the BIMC, the headquarters for accredited journalists for the **Beijing Olympics**, **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics**: China defies IOC to ban internet freedom] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom
 * Beijing** today defied concerns of the International **Olympic** Committee and press freedom groups by confirming that the internet at Games facilities would **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Media face web censorship at **Beijing Olympics**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|guardian.co.uk] - UK "The regulatory changes we negotiated with Bocog [**Beijing Olympic** Games], and which required Chinese legislative changes were to do with reporting on the **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Unease at Chinese security before **Olympics**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">WalesOnline - United Kingdom JUST over a week before the **Beijing Olympics**, a militant Islamic group’s claims of responsibility for bombings in China have fuelled unease about security **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics**; Human rights abuses getting worse] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom
 * ...** human rights rather than using the Games as an opportunity to improve the situation, as **Beijing** promised when it was awarded the **Olympics** in 2001. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing** lays down the law for army of global media] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|guardian.co.uk] - UK 'We faced daunting political and logistic hurdles preparing for the coverage of the **Beijing Olympics**,' says Jaime FlorCruz, CNN's **Beijing** bureau chief. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|TWO WEEKS TO CHANGE THE WORLD (OR AT LEAST THE BUSINESS MODEL)] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Globe and Mail - Canada "It remains to be seen how these **Beijing Olympics** might change the world," Mr. Costas said this week, addressing reporters via satellite from China. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Olympics** Photo Wire] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">ESPN - USA The **Beijing Olympics** may not look much different from previous games on TV. Behind the studio sets, however, world broadcasters have been squaring off for **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Olympic** Games: Air Quality Forecasts For China] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Science Daily (press release) - USA ScienceDaily (July 24, 2008) — With less than a month remaining before the **Beijing Olympics**, Chinese officials have introduced a series of measures to **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| China allows entry of leprosy patients ahead of **Olympics**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Xinhua - China
 * BEIJING**, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China lifted its ban on the entry of foreign leprosy sufferers on Wednesday, two weeks ahead of the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Shanghai restricts business visas over **Olympics**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|guardian.co.uk] - UK
 * ...** the issue of business visas, underlining the lengths to which authorities are going to keep out unwanted foreigners ahead of the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China urges US lawmakers to stop disrupting **Olympics** with rights **...**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Xinhua - China
 * BEIJING**, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Some US lawmakers should stop disrupting the **Beijing Olympic** Games by using human rights issues, a Chinese Foreign Ministry **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics** 2008: China bars businessmen, but lepers okay] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom Early guidance from the **Beijing Olympic** Committee said that those who suffered from leprosy, mental illness, sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| China denies work visa for Los Gatos Olympian; political motive **...**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA Seventy-three members of Team Darfur are expected to compete in **Beijing**, including US softball star Jennie Finch. Tong said no member of an **Olympic** team **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Olympics** broadcasting center evacuated] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">The Associated Press -
 * BEIJING** (AP) — Broadcast officials say the massive building housing television facilities for next month's **Beijing Olympics** has been evacuated due to an **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Exhibition On **Beijing Olympics**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Oneindia - Tamilnadu,India By : ANI Kochi in Kerala is currently playing host to a photo exhibition based on next month's **Olympic** Games in **Beijing**, China. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| China sets up Games protest zones] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|guardian.co.uk] - UK "We have dedicated places for demonstrations at several parks," Liu Shaowu, director of the security department at **Beijing's Olympics** organising committee, **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Most Chinese happy with nation's economy - Survey] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">China Daily - China As they eagerly await the **Beijing Olympics**, the Chinese people express extraordinary levels of satisfaction with the direction their country is heading and **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China gears up for people of all faith at **Olympics**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
 * ...** village here to enable athletes and officials from all over the world offer prayers, as part of the last lap preparations for the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics** 2008: Two dead in China bus bombs amid terror **...**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|Telegraph.co.uk] - United Kingdom At least two people have been killed by bus bombs in southern China, heightening fears over terrorism less than three weeks before the start of the **Olympics** **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympics** against backdrop of politics and pollution] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Bangkok Post - Thailand By John Bagratuni, dpa Hamburg (dpa) - Michael Phelps and Liu Xiang hope to grace superb venues with sports heroics at the **Beijing Olympics** against a **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Olympic** Countdown] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Salt Lake Tribune - United States Two prominent critics, Hu Jia and Yang Chunlin, were sentenced to prison this year after they tried to link the **Beijing Olympics** with China's human rights **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Emergency **Beijing Olympic** pollution scheme kicks in] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Reuters - USA Tianjin, a port city just east of **Beijing** and host to **Olympic** soccer qualifiers, last week ordered 40 factories to close. Tangshan, a heavy industrial base **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Guess who's not invited to the **Olympics**?] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Reuters - USA
 * ...** German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders, but you won't find Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on the **Beijing Olympics** guest list. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Emergency **Beijing Olympic** pollution scheme kicks in] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Reuters - USA By Ben Blanchard **BEIJING** (Reuters) - Traffic restrictions and factory closures came into affect in **Beijing** on Sunday in a last ditch attempt to turn the **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Even weapons to Sudan can't tarnish the **Olympic** brand] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada The potential costs of association with the **Beijing Olympics** are, plainly, deemed to be fewer than the marketing benefits. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing Olympic** clean up sweeps out migrant workers] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Reuters - USA
 * Beijing's** pre-**Olympic** clean-up involves halting construction in the city, shutting factories and limiting the number of cars on the road to help combat **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Tibetan flags banned at **Olympic** equestrian event] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">The Associated Press - The territory, which is hosting the equestrian event for the **Beijing Olympics**, has become a possible magnet for demonstrators as mainland China has **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Algae cleared from **Olympic** venue] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">BBC News - UK China has successfully managed to clear tonnes of green algae from one of the sailing venues in time for the **Beijing Olympics**. The BBC is not responsible **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| **Beijing** Tourism Bureau: Many vacant rooms still remain for **Beijing** **...**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">CNN - USA
 * BEIJING** (AP) -There are plenty of rooms available for the **Beijing Olympics** with domestic visitors being counted on to make up for an apparent absence of **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|EDITORIAL: **Beijing** has hijacked ‘terrorism’] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Taipei Times - Taiwan If **Beijing** means what it says when it promises the “most strict” control system in **Olympic** history, it does not bode well for the **Olympic** spirit, **...** [| See all stories on this topic]

[| Beijing has water for Olympics -- if tourists come] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|guardian.co.uk] - UK By Alan Wheatley **BEIJING**, July 13 (Reuters) - The good news for **Beijing's Olympics** organisers is that they will have enough water and petrol, but they still **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|The road to Beijing: I am carrying a torch for Olympic ideal, not] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Independent - London,England,UK
 * Beijing** is not the only host city to have brought political oppression to the **Olympic** table. There are examples from Berlin in 1936 to Seoul (1988) via **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Chinese VP stresses security, quality service in serving Beijing] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">CCTV - Beijing,China With less than a month to go before the **Olympics**, Vice President Xi Jinping has inspected **Beijing's** transportation and service systems to ensure they're **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Chinese military can ensure safe Olympics security official says] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">CCTV - Beijing,China A security official with the **Beijing Olympics** says that troops from the People's Liberation Army are in position to ensure the safety of the Games. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|As Beijing Olympicsm Near, Homes and Hope Crumble] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Washington Post - United States I hope the **Olympics** will be hosted successfully." More than 1.25 million people in **Beijing** -- at times as many as 13000 people a week -- have been evicted **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Olympic travellers advised to beware of dogs] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Calgary Herald - AB, Canada If you're heading to the **Beijing Olympics**, don't worry too much about catching an exotic disease but be careful about getting bronchitis and being bitten by **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| China executes two on terror charges] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
 * ...** on Thursday said they had arrested 82 suspected terrorists in five groups this year after they "allegedly plotted sabotage against the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Beijing Bans Dog Meat for the Olympics] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
 * ...** has ordered restaurants to remove dog meat from the menu in order to avoid offending the sensibilities of foreigners during the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">FOXNews - USA
 * Beijing** isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish. South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul **Olympics** by invoking a law prohibiting the **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China crackdown targets critics ahead of Olympics] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">The Associated Press -
 * BEIJING** (AP) — Lu Jun, a campaigner for the rights of millions of Chinese with hepatitis B, seems an unlikely threat to the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Beijing Loosens Olympics Reporting Rules] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Wall Street Journal - USA TV companies, some of which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the rights to broadcast the **Olympics**, had been in a stalemate with **Beijing** **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|IOC, broadcasters reach accord on unfettered coverage of the **...**] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">The Canadian Press - BEIJING
 * ...** Chinese organizers, under pressure from global broadcasters and the IOC, have apparently lifted some restrictions on TV crews for the **Beijing Olympics**. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China detains 82 'terrorists' targeting Olympics: state media] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">AFP - The 82 belonged to five groups that "allegedly plotted sabotage against the **Beijing Olympics**," Xinhua news agency reported, citing the head of the police in **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Countdown to the Olympics] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">BBC News - UK Are **Beijing's Olympics** a missed opportunity? A cover-up by officials determined that journalists feed a positive image of China to a watching world or an **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Locust Threat to Olympics Rises on Fuel Costs, Winds (Update2)] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Bloomberg - USA [| See all stories on this topic]
 * ...** efforts to prevent a locust invasion at the **Beijing Olympics**, according to officials from the plague- stricken area closest to the capital city. **...**

[|Chinadaily.com.cn sharing the Olympic spirit] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">China Daily - China By Du Wenjuan With only 31 days left before the opening ceremonies of the 2008 **Beijing Olympics**, China is ready to welcome the largest ever number of **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China Scrambles on Construction, Pollution to Meet Olympic Deadlines] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Wall Street Journal - USA By SHAI OSTER and LORETTA CHAO **BEIJING** -- Just one month before the Aug. 8 opening ceremony of the **Beijing Olympics** at the city's new National Stadium, **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|CAN THE OLYMPICS BE A CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN CHINA?] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">Sportinglife.com - UK But what will the verdict be on **Beijing**? Unlike, Athens, Sydney and Atlanta, the pages of history will not judge the **Beijing Olympics** on the merits of the **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China's new 10-yuan Olympic note bumps Mao Zedong] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">The Associated Press -
 * BEIJING** (AP) — Only the **Olympics** could bump Mao Zedong, the founding leader of communist China, off a Chinese banknote. To commemorate the **Beijing Olympics**, **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|Homegrown threats top Olympics security worries-official] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">[|guardian.co.uk] - UK
 * BEIJING**, July 7 (Reuters) - Homegrown threats top China's security worries for the **Beijing Olympic** Games, an official overseeing security said, warning that **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[|China urges Dalai Lama to back Olympics] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">The Associated Press -
 * BEIJING** (AP) — China urged the Dalai Lama again on Monday to show support for the **Beijing Olympics**, in an apparent effort to link the demand more closely **...** [|See all stories on this topic]

[| Olympic ultimatum for Dalai Lama] <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)">The Press Association -
 * ...** handles the talks, as saying the Dalai Lama must not support activities that disrupt the **Beijing Olympics**, or activities that seek Tibetan independence. **...** [|See all stories on this topic]