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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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- IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let China block sensitive Web sites despite promises of unrestricted access, a senior IOC official admitted on Wednesday. Persistent pollution fears and China's concerns about security in Tibet also remained problems for organizers nine days before the Games begin.
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- Iraq banned from Beijing Summer Olympics
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  IOC says Iraq will not compete at Beijing Olympics because of government interference. Iraq has been banned because of a government decision to disband the country's National Olympic Committee, a senior official of the committee said on Thursday.
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- China Clamps Down After Bjork's "Tibet" Chant
  Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post
  China will ban all entertainers from overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have ever attended activities that "threaten national sovereignty", the government said on Thursday, after an outburst by Icelandic singer Bjork. Earlier this year, Bjork shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" at a Shanghai concert having performed her song "Declare Independence", which she...
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- Hong Kong bans Tibetan flags at Olympic event
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  Tibetan flags will be banned from all Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong under rules aimed at heading off political propaganda and protests inside competition venues, organizers said Friday. The crackdown guidelines apply to flags representing countries and regions without athletes in the events.
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- Double amputee ruled eligible for Beijing
  Posted by common from nbcsports.msnbc.com
  The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations.
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oneohone comments on:
Tickets to 2010 Vancouver Games go on sale in October

These games seem to be becoming more about money than sports.

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6:51 pm 10/04/08
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
jsmersh comments on:
Rights groups bemoan lack of Beijing protests

Communist dictatorship suppresses dissent.
What’s the matter, you thought the Chinese government was nice?
Think of the most oppressive government action you can.
Then check to see if China has done it.
You’ll find it has.

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12:21 am 8/21/08
mynaffy comments on:
Rights groups bemoan lack of Beijing protests

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8:36 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
theangryindian comments on:
IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China

Business is business.

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10:48 am 7/31/08