Tag: Olympics
Citius, Altius, Fortius - Unless You Happen To Be Iraqi
MayorBob.
Posted to Sport on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 12:48:53 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
One of the most stirring part of any Olympic Games is the opening ceremony. Athletes march into the host nation's stadium under their nation's banner to await the lighting of the torch. Yet, when this occurs on August 8th in Beijing one country's delegation won't be marching. That country, Iraq, will "probably not" make it because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has just, in effect, banned it from competing.
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Beijing 2008: A Disaster Waiting to Happen in Progress?
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 09:18:09 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Last Friday riots shook the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. China's official Xinhua news agency reports 10 dead in the protests, but Tibet's government-in-exile (in India) suggests that as many as ten times that amount were killed by Chinese security forces in the process of quelling the uprising.
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