Beijing 2008
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August 07, 2006
Yellow Sea shoreline in Qingdao. (ATR) Officials from the Chinese port of Qingdao says thismonth's international regatta, the first official test event for the 2008 Olympics w...
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August 02, 2006
(ATR) Top experts on the Beijing Olympics will discuss the critical steps ahead for the 2008 Games in a webcast hosted by Around the Rings editor and founder Ed Hula. Hear it...
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July 19, 2006
(ATR) A rebellion could be brewing among Olympic broadcast rights holders in Australia, Asia and Europe over changes to the timing for the finals of several events in the Bei...
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July 14, 2006
Deputy construction manager Zhang Hengli meets with reporters during the venue tour Friday. (B.Smith/ATR) (ATR) Beijing Olympic organizers say construction remains on schedule...
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June 15, 2006
The new terminal for the Beijing International Airport is nearing completion. (BOCOG) (ATR) The Beijing Muncipal Government has acted quickly to name a new chief of constructi...
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June 12, 2006
(ATR) A switch from evening to morning finals in swimming at the Beijing Olympics to accommodate U.S. TV will be considered by the IOC Executive Board at its meeting next wee...
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June 12, 2006
(ATR) Newspaper reports indicate that Olympics construction projects could be involved in a corruption scandal involving the Beijing vice mayor who was fired over the weekend...
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June 11, 2006
Liu Peng and Peter Ueberroth with the new agreement in hand. USOC, COC Salute ParternershipLeaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chinese Olympic Committee are hailing a ne...
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May 24, 2006
(ATR) Snickers, the world's best-selling candy bar, is now the official chocolate for the Beijing Olympics. Beijing organizers and Effem China announced the national sponsors...
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May 24, 2006
Kofi Annan and his wife Nan are escorted on the venye tour by BOCOG President Liu Qi. (ATR) U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he hopes to come to China for the 2008 Olymp...
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May 23, 2006
(ATR) Composer and impresario Quincy Jones has been hired by the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee to write songs for the upcoming summer Olympics.Jones is the first major ar...
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May 19, 2006
(ATR) Leading print and broadcast media organizations will head to Beijing in the coming months for large-scale briefings on the 2008 Olympics. Included is the first-ever Wor...
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