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Australia’s Paralympic team is aiming to take its all-time medal tally over 1000 at the Beijing Games starting on Saturday.
The team of 170 athletes – 96 men and 74 women – which flew out from Sydney today is the largest team Australia has sent overseas for a Paralympic Games.
And the Australian Paralympic Committee is [...]
2008
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Beijing recorded 6.52 million visitors for the 2008 Olympics, with 382,000 of those coming from overseas. Authorities long estimated that 500,000 foreigners would visit the city, but tougher visa controls reduced that number.
The Xinhua news agency reported that tourist spots in the city reported total revenues of 162 million yuan (US$23 million), according to [...]
2008
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Aug
Australia’s largest Paralympic team to compete abroad leaves for Beijing on Monday.
With the sporting powers of China, Great Britain and the US in their sights, the team of 170 disabled athletes will compete at the Paralympic games from September 6.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s wife, Therese Rein, and parliamentary secretary for disabilities and children’s services, [...]
2008
31
Aug
No world tour for 2012 Olympic torch
The Olympic torch will be carried round Britain before the start of the 2012 Games — but there will be no repeat of China’s protest-scarred worldwide relay.
Tessa Jowell, the Olympics minister, said she had “a lot of enthusiasm” for the idea of the torch being taken round the [...]
2008
31
Aug
Police in China shoot dead 6 suspects in Xinjiang
Chinese police investigating a spate of attacks this month in western Xinjiang province shot dead six suspects and arrested three others, state media reported.
An exile group, meanwhile, accused police Saturday of gunning down the suspects, members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, after they surrendered.
Police encountered [...]
2008
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Aug
Games leave behind sleeker, greener Beijing
Huge investment for the Olympics will cement Beijing’s place as a world-class city and business centre, and leave a legacy of improvements for its residents.
Unlike Athens and some other past host cities, where the Games led to a mountain of debt and many of the venues now sit unused, [...]
2008
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2008
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Aug
As the Olympic flame base once again lies on its side atop the National Stadium and rehearsals continue, it appears all is ready for the opening of the Paralympics in Beijing on Saturday 6th September, 2008.
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2008
30
Aug
The Paralympic Village in Beijing officially opened its doors yesterday to Paralympic delegations from all over the world. The village is expected to be the temporary home for 7,400 guests, around 4,000 of whom are athletes, during their stay in Beijing.
The colourful ceremony gave organizers and hosts the opportunity to welcome the athletes, officials, [...]
2008
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Aug
Filed under: Africa
Inflation in Zimbabwe is so stunningly high — more than 11 million percent so far this year — that a box of cereal costs more than 1,000 Zimbabwe dollars, while a teacher’s monthly salary is 800 Zimbabwe dollars.
So with an economy that out of kilter, it seems more than a little perverse that President Robert Mugabe handed swimmer Kristy Coventry a suitcase full of $100,000 as a bonus for her performance in Beijing, where she won a gold medal and three silver medals.
“You have done well, daughter of Zimbabwe,” Mugabe told Coventry. “We wish you well in life. We should praise her. She is our golden girl. Take care of her.”
Coventry lives in the United States. Fortunately for Coventry, the cash she got was in American greenbacks.
