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Olympic 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang has begun is season as he means to continue it in Beijing, with a gold medal.

Liu said: “I’ve always started my season strongly in Osaka so I hope this will be a good omen.”
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The knuckfuts from Westboro Baptist Church are at it again, having announced plans to travel to China and picket the Beijing Olympics against a "godless, filthy, sodomite China". You just know these dipshits will get visas too.
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Authorities in Canberra are under pressure to run a trouble free Olympic torch relay in Australia's capital city.
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ESWN gives translation of an article in China's Liberation Daily which reports the account of Jin Jing, a medal-winning member of the Chinese national wheelchair fencing team and carrier of the Olympic torch in Paris. The article raises the point that bad PR is not pointing to the CPC, but to the
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Protesters attempted to douse the Olympic torch with a fire extinguisher on Sunday as its arrival in London triggered angry demonstrations over China's human rights record and recent unrest in Tibet ahead of this year's Summer Games in Beijing.

Hundreds of police offic
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Mao Zedong is an interesting ‘dark horse’ for lighting the Olympic flame. This could be China’s chance to stun the world with its advances in cryogenic technology.
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Australia gets ready for its World Cup Qualifier against China in Kunming on March 26.
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Politicising the Olympic Games is never right. Not even if the Chinese government is doing it.
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World record-holder Haile Gebrselassie is almost certain to miss the marathon at the Beijing Olympics because of the city's poor air quality.
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CNNSI ranked the best of the best. It makes for good fodder when guys are hanging around the bar. Another thing that doesn't interest me.

How much fun can arguing about
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China has been using this summer's Games to flamboyantly tout its scientific and technological prowess. But with many foreign journalists in China complaining that they don't have the complete freedom to write independent stories, how much of what you read can be trusted?
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You know it's getting close when they start testing venues. The rundown on Olympic boxing, Chinese style.
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