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2 Dutch climbers rescued from K-2

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

The Ministry of Tourism released a list of 11 climbers believed dead: three South Koreans, two Nepalis, two Pakistanis and mountaineers from France, Ireland, Serbia and Norway. At least two of them fell on their way up the mountain, before the avalanche.

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From Mao to Yao Ming

Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee

Tiananmen changed the Chinese view of the body. Now that the Beijing Olympics draws near, let's talk about the Chinese view of the body, how it went from Mao to Yao Ming, that is, from a culture of collective thinking to that of singular, athletic and glamorous.

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Iraq banned from Beijing Summer Olympics

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

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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Blacks Banned from Bars in Beijing?

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China is weeks away from hosting the 2008 Olympic Games and there are several final touches being made in Beijing to make sure that the country is the perfect host. One of these last-minute details, however, may be completely contradictory to the official slogan, "One World, One Dream". Hong Kong's English newspaper The South China Morning Post reported Friday that Chinese authorities have issued a secret ban on blacks, Mongolians and other "social undesirables" from Beijing's bars during the Olympics. Bar owners near the Workers' Stadium in central Beijing say they have been forced by Public Security Bureau officials to sign pledges agreeing not to let black people enter their premises…

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YouTube - Vincedelmontefitness Brings You No Nonsense Muscle Building

Posted by vincedelmontefitness from You Tube

Cool weightlifting program by vincedelmontefitness that offers you free training video's and a free ebook "20 ways to avoid screwing up in the gym" written by Vince Delmonte the man behind "no nonsense muscle building" and the Canadian champion fitness model.

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Hong Kong bans Tibetan flags at Olympic event

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

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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Breaking Ground as the First Native North American Professional Team Owner

Posted by Shemuses from New York Times

In May, Styres paid $5.5 million to buy a 60 percent controlling share of the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League, and an undisclosed price for the Americans. He says he thinks he is the first individual American Indian - known in Canada as First Nations people - to own a major professional sports franchise. The Mohegan Tribe owns the Connecticut Sun of the W.N.B.A. "He's one of the truly successful First Nations entrepreneurs in Canada," said Phil Fontaine, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, an aboriginal advocacy organization representing 630 communities. "It's made it possible for him to give back to his community in a very significant way."

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