Beijing 2008
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December 20, 2005
The aquatics center for the Beijing Olympics. (ATR) (ATR) Construction is about to begin on four more venues for the 2008 Olympics."In line with the 2005 venue construction sc...
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December 06, 2005
The design competition for a Beijing Olympic torch was announced at a press conference Tuesday. (BOCOG) (ATR) The torch relay for the Beijing Olympics takes a step forward wit...
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December 05, 2005
The action of the Beijing 2008 Olympics will be coming to video game systems and computers via Sega, which will produce the official game as part of a global partnership that...
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December 01, 2005
More than 7,000 new buses are coming to the streets of Beijing by 2008. (ATR) (ATR) Beijing's goal of a "green Olympic Games" took another step forward this week, with plans a...
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November 17, 2005
Maybe to no surprise, Beijing's Silk Alley, haven of knock-offs, is the site of the first discovery of unlicensed mascot products. (ATR) (ATR) Unlicensed versions of the new m...
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November 13, 2005
Shoppers in droves turned out on day one of mascot merchandise sales. (ATR) (ATR) The five mascots of the Beijing Olympics have hit the ground running. Less than a day after b...
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November 11, 2005
A gala unveiling of the Beijing mascots with 1,000 days to go. (ATR) (ATR) A quintet of mascots named "the Friendlies" has joined the Beijing Olympics. The new symbols of the ...
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November 11, 2005
(ATR) Rumors in Beijing say five mascots will be unveiled for the 2008 Olympics at ceremony underway in the Olympic city.The mascots are the stars of a 1000-days-to-go event ...
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November 11, 2005
From the left: Kevan Gosper, Hein Verbruggen and Jiang Xiaoyu. (ATR) (ATR) With 1,000 days to go until the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, the IOC Commission for t...
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November 10, 2005
The National Stadium will use 42,000 tons of steel. (ATR) (ATR) After work was halted last year, the new stadium for the Beijing Olympics is now under a 24-hour a day construc...
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November 29, 2006
Tickets for most sports events in Beijing will price below $13. (ATR) (ATR) More than half the ticket sold for the Beijing Olympics will be priced under $13 under a plan appro...
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November 24, 2006
China is sending about 400 untried young athletes to the Asian Games in Doha as sports officials try to build a team to give their country a record medal haul at the 2008 Oly...
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