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Indonesia announces Beijing Olympics team
Indonesia will send 24 athletes to compete in the Beijing Olympics, with the hope of bringing home at least one ...
3 hours ago ASEAN TIMES | Topics: Indonesia, SPORTS, Olympics
 
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Chinese Olympic Team to Wear Tomato Scrambled Egg Uniforms
China’s Olympic Opening Ceremony uniforms were unveiled Thursday. The uniform’s designer, Liu Ruiqi,  said: “When the Chinese delegation comes out, they will certainly catch the eyes of the audience.“Many Chinese are not happy.Chinese Lesson...
 
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Creativity
Listening to the world service recently I've been blown away by some of the creative audio they've prepared for the Beijing Olympics. It's awesome because for those that know me, I've become a little sceptical about the whole 'safety first'...
 
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Changing Beijing
 
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China: Police Olympics guide to stopping “illegal news coverage”
How many times has the BOCOG promised that foreign reporters will be given full reign to interview and report during the Olympics Games? Davesgonechina at Mutant Palm looks at the somewhat different story that Chinese police are—and have been, for at...
 
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BBC SPORT | Olympics | Meet Monkey | BBC Sport's Olympics Monkey
this reminded me of the "Be a Hero" campaign!
 
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Here's Another Olympic Sport: Skewering the Mascots
After China's Olympics organizers gave him the assignment, folk artist Han Meilin initially sketched out five children representing the traditional Chinese elements of fire, wood, water, gold and earth. Then the bureaucrats got involved.
 
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Will all the Olympic women's beach volleyball players wear bikinis?
Women's beach volleyball players are required to wear bikinis during competitions. However, organizers may relax the rule based on cultural, religious or ethical sentiments.
 
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The Svein Tuft Story - BCSportsBeat.ca
Among professional athletes and Olympians alike, the 31-year-old native of Langley, B.C. is one of a kind.
 
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Don’t ask Olympic tourists’ age or wage or . . .
Pretty amusing “Oddly enough” from Rueters, about possible conversation topics with visitors at the...
 
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Squawk Box - 7/21/08 - Seven reasons why the new iPhone sucks
Yesterday I sub-hosted for Alec Saunders on the Squawk Box. My guest for the show was Andrew Eisner of Retrevo, the consumer...
 
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Fake Mickey Mouse statues at the Beijing Olympics
A little over a year has passed since China’s fake Disneyland was exposed and forced to clean up its act, but high profile examples of international trademark violations seem to still exist in Beijing. With two weeks to go until the start of the...
 
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@aks106 haha I actually petitioned to have a "Camp Nowhere"-style olympics outside on the swimming-pool-like lawn
 
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Beijing to allow Olympic protests; activists skeptical - USATODAY.com
China's announcement that it will permit some protests at next month's Olympic Games met with skepticism Wednesday from activists who doubt the government will grant the permits they need to demonstrate.
 
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Beijing anyone?: All the excitement over the Olympics has us quite interested in Beijing. If you&#.. http://tinyurl.com/5u4xv4
 
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Every Passion Has Its Destiny - An Olympic Inspiration
He was born in South Dakota on an Indian Reservation.He lost his parents at the age of 12.He didn’t make the High School Track team on his first try.Then he discovered his passion - distance running.He became an All- American cross country runner...
 
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China: Fuwatron Toy
We've seen vampire Fuwas, life-size Fuwa robots, Fuwa-inspired soft porn, grannies dressed like Fuwas, even a supposed Fuwa curse and, now, a ripoff of the Transformers franchise. h/t @bokane. update: @chinkerfly brings us many more.
 
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Gorillaz' Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn behind BBC's 'Monkey' Olympics ad
Fantastic advert created by Gorillaz combo Albarn and Hewlett for the BBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics, inspired by the 70s childrens programme Monkey.
 
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The animated BBC Olympics trailer is pretty cool. Unusual approach: http://twurl.nl/u1nvir
 
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Mandy and Pandy Launches Two New Children’s Books To Celebrate The Olympics Mandy and Pandy Visit Chin.. http://tinyurl.com/5dcvsh
 
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Bizarre Loop Building Nears Completion [Mega Architecture]
This 755-foot tall building is actually two interconnected skyscrapers built at an angle and then joined at their tops, forming a continuous loop that houses offices in both the vertical and horizontal sections. It's one of the many instant...
 
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Sports on Stephany - In Praise of Sporting Men
By Stephany Ericson - stephany.ericson@hotmail.comThe male of our species commonly, and even sometimes rightly, gets a bad rap...
 
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Brands Get Social for Olympics
Churbuck @ AdWeek on our Olympic Marketing effort
 
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Beijing Olympics Face Major Health Issues,including Doping
Come August, one of the more popular activities worldwide will be  watching,directly or indirectly, the greatest sports event...
 
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Beijing Olympics: Japan hosting many teams in the final run up to the Games
日本「金」への前線In a recent article in the Asahi Shinbun, perhaps the leading daily in Japan, there was a listing of 25 countries that will do their final training and acclimating for the Beijing Olympics in Japan.The main reasons for this...
 
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SPARC at the Olympics Flcikr account: http://tinyurl.com/68u4ga
 
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Olympics Coloring Pages
Olympics Coloring Pages to print and enjoy | Coloring Pages from Activity Village
 
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Amnesty After the Olympics
Amnesty International have distanced themselves from an award-winning print advertising campaign from France. Print...
3 days ago Duncan's Print | Topics: Print, Amnesty..., China, France
 
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