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- Two Women Sentenced to ‘Re-education’ in China
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  These Olympics are an ongoing human rights embarrassment: Two elderly Chinese women have been sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they repeatedly sought a permit to demonstrate in one of the official Olympic protest areas, according to family members and human rights advocates.
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- Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud
  Posted by Jeff from Yro.slashdot
  A new chapter in the ongoing controversy surrounding China's women's gymnastics team opened today, as search engine hacker stryde.hax found surviving copies of official registration documents issued by China's General Administration of Sport of China. The incriminating documents, expunged by censors from the official site and from Google's document cache, still appear in the document translation cache of Chinese search giant Baidu, here (1) and here (2), showing the age of one of China's gold medal winning gymnasts to be 14 instead of 16, the minimum age for competition presented on her government-issued passport. Now that official government documentation is available, how long will the IOC be able to keep a lid on this scandal?
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- After the Games, Tibet
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  The Chinese leadership and the Tibetan government in exile have delicately discussed a possible visit by the Dalai Lama to China, nominally to commemorate the victims of the earthquake in Sichuan Province in May. That would be the first meeting between the Dalai Lama and Chinese leaders in more than 50 years and would give enormous impetus to resolving the Tibet question.
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- Part of Olympic display altered in broadcast
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  While the dramatic fireworks display actually happened as portrayed on television, members of the Beijing Olympic Committee said it was necessary to replace live video with computer-generated imagery because the city's hazy, smoggy skies made it too difficult to see, according to The Beijing Times, which first reported the story.
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- Pelosi Calls on President Bush to Secure Entry of Joey Cheek to Beijing Olympic Games
  Posted by Jeff from Market Watch
  The Chinese government's decision to bar Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek from attending the Olympics because of his advocacy for Darfur is reprehensible. This action by Beijing's leaders is part of an orchestrated campaign to deny entry to individuals because of their political views, beliefs, writings, association, religion, and ethnicity.
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- Olympics: Britons held in Beijing for protests over Tibet
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  Four protesters including two Britons have been detained in the Chinese capital after hanging Free Tibet banners close to the main Bird's Nest stadium. The demonstration underlined the clash between competing views of the Olympics in Beijing, as thousands of euphoric spectators cheered the arrival of the torch in Tiananmen Square while foreign activists launched a series of small protests around the city.
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- The IOC is Now Officially an Accomplice to the Communists in China
  Posted by robertvance
  Beijing, which has constantly complained about its precious Games being politicized, is itself politicizing the Olympics every time it censors a website. By not allowing reporters to access sites like Amnesty International or the Chinese version of the BBC, the Chinese government is attempting to shield itself from international criticism and arbitrarily filter out political viewpoints that it deems harmful to its image. This action of censoring the Internet in Beijing is a powerful political statement...
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muckraker comments on:
Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

One of the many tragedies of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago was the fact that insurance companies used the event to systematically deny claims, leaving victims further in desperate straits. That shouldn’t happen following any natural disaster, and even though the immediate storm effects did not cause as much damage as predicted, there are sure to be plenty of claims for flood damages throughout the Midwest and along Gustav’s path. If you or someone you know has been denied an insurance claim related to Gustav: that would be a site you should visit.

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9:26 pm 9/11/08
vtuli03 comments on:
After the Games, Tibet

that would be really good for tibet

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10:37 am 9/06/08
elizabethmcfarland comments on:
Amanda Beard Nude Olympic Anti-Fur Protest Shutdown
After watching an appalling video of stray cats and dogs being stuffed into wire cages like sardines, dropped off the side of trucks, and skinned for their fur, it's easy to see why Amanda Beard felt the need to shed light on the situation... hope it reduces the suffering and grim fate of future animals.
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9:05 pm 9/04/08
mg0314a comments on:
Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

Site is down, I mirrored it here: http://mgraham.us/sports/2008%20Olympics/China/China.html

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2:08 am 8/21/08
thaimat comments on:
Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud

This is typical of how the IOC has bowed very low to China in every way, regarding these Olympics. From lax to a lack of, enforcement of even the mildest of prerequisites China agreed to in order to secure Beijing as the host city, to staying mum while China stops athletes from competing based on their politcal beliefs, the IOC have shown what they are really about: the money!

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8:35 pm 8/20/08
amanda8595 comments on:
Part of Olympic display altered in broadcast

why you just choose this small part from the whole fantastic display? Actrually it was no true . All the wonderful show was from whole people’s hard work . So here I doubt your true motivation about this news.

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6:33 pm 8/11/08
amanda8595 comments on:
Part of Olympic display altered in broadcast

why you just choose this small part from the whole fantastic display? Actrually it was no true . All the wonderful show was from whole people’s hard work . So here I doubt your true motivation about this news.

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6:33 pm 8/11/08

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