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 China Daily | Beijing Still Facing Challenges to Improve Air Before Olympics Bloomberg - By Wing-Gar Cheng May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing still faces challenges to improve air quality for the Olympics in August because neighboring provinces are ... Ready to welcome the world; Beijing offers plenty of attractions ... How Disaster is Boosting China's Self-Confidence America’s and Japan’s Coming-Out Parties: Lessons for Beijing 2008 ... |
 CBS News | Double-amputee runner Pistorius wins appeal to compete for spot in ... The Canadian Press, Italy - The double-amputee sprinter can concentrate on trying to qualify for the Beijing Games after being cleared Friday to compete Friday against able-bodied ... Pistorius primed for Beijing after overturning ban Olympic Dream Stays Alive, on Synthetic Legs Friday's sports briefs |
 Canoe.ca | China doffs cap over Japan aid / Beijing's acceptance of Tokyo's ... The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - Though the Japanese government presented the offer to Beijing soon after the earthquake occurred Monday, the Chinese government did not immediately take up ... China goes full-force in quake recovery China probe into death-trap schools Chinese earthquake: the unanswered questions |
Chambers set to take on BOA in bid for Beijing Olympic place Independent, UK - There would be no point in Chambers seeking a place at the Games which start in Beijing in August if he were not then willing to challenge the BOA byelaw in ... Chambers ready for high court battle to clear path to Beijing Dwain Chambers enters race for Olympics spot Chambers sets sights on Beijing |
 CCTV | Crises Cloud China's Olympic Mood as Quake Tests Party's Mettle Washington Post, United States - The scale of destruction is so vast -- and the horizon for a return to normalcy so distant -- that it is difficult to imagine a carefree crowd in Beijing ... BOCOG donates 5 mln yuan to Sichuan quake-hit area 'NYT' Lets 'Games Begin' Online with Olympics Blog The Beijing Olympics |
Clapp to play for Canada at Beijing Olympics CBC.ca, Canada - Stubby Clapp, Canada's most popular and scrappiest Olympic baseball player, will be on the diamond in Beijing come August. The 35-year-old second baseman ... National team icon Stubby Clapp gets OK from Astros to play in ... Astros not so evil after all Astros give Clapp green light to play in Olympics |
 Canada.com | Chinese officials face angry questions about school collapses in ... The Canadian Press, BEIJING - BEIJING — Chinese government officials struggled Friday to answer questions from angry citizens on why so many schools collapsed in this week's deadly ... Earthquake in China: the aftershocks Cross-cultural Group in China Safe Did Shoddy Construction Worsen Disaster's Impact? |
 National Post | Chinese army to send more relief materials, medical teams to quake ... Xinhua, China - BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese armed force will airlift another 1154 tonnes of relief materials and send ten more medical teams to quake-hit area in ... CHINA: POWERFUL AFTER-SHOCK IN SICHUAN Sichuan migrant workers anxious about quake-hit homes Death estimate over 50000 |
USOC still working on TV network for Beijing The Associated Press - Those are still the plans, but the USOC would not say whether its network will be on the air prior to the Beijing Olympics, which are less than three months ... |
Beijing open to foreign aid and scrutiny in wake of tragedy guardian.co.uk, UK - For the first time, Beijing has accepted aid from abroad and invited rescue teams from Japan, Russia, South Korea, Singapore and even Taiwanese charities. ... |
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