Olympics
Yao China Basketball
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In a photo provided by the NBA, Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming, of China, is seen in Houston on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao is trying to work the officials. Yao took a break from his rehab to talk to select media in New York and Beijing using Cisco's TelePresence technology, which allowed him to see the reporters as if they were in the same room with him in Houston.

Published Thursday, May. 08, 2008

The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao Ming is trying to work the officials.

China Everest Olympic Torch
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese climbers display the Olympic torch, left, and flags at the top of the Mount Everest, reaching the 8,850-meter peak of the world's tallest mountain Thursday, May 8, 2008.

Published Thursday, May. 08, 2008

Cheering mountaineers raised the Olympic torch at the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday, producing the triumphant image that China has longed for in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

Published Thursday, May. 08, 2008

The Olympic torch relay made its way up Mount Everest, as the flame reached the world's highest peak on Thursday.

India China Tibet
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The Dalai Lama's special envoy Lodi Gyari addresses a press conference in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials "disagreed more than we agreed" at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, Gyari said Thursday.

Published Thursday, May. 08, 2008

The Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials disagreed more than they agreed at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader's representatives said Thursday.

Clemens Apology Baseball
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In this Feb. 27, 2008 file photo, Roger Clemens wipes his face while throwing batting practice during a workout at the Houston Astros minor league spring training facility in Kissimmee, Fla. Clemens apologized Monday May 5, 2008 for unspecified mistakes in his personal life but denied having an affair with a 15-year-old.

Published Wednesday, May. 07, 2008

Roger Clemens isn't welcome on the U.S. Olympic baseball team. U.S. general manager Bob Watson said Wednesday that he isn't considering the 45-year-old right-hander for his roster for the Beijing Games.

WORLD NEWS OLY-CHINA MCT
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Two-thirds of China's production of human growth hormone, a common doping substance for athletes, comes from the GeneScience Pharmaceuticals Co., headquartered in Changchun, China, seen in this April 30 photo. U.S. prosecutors last September accused the company of smuggling banned human growth hormone into the United States. (Tim Johnson/MCT)

Published Wednesday, May. 07, 2008

When some 11,000 athletes arrive in Beijing for the Summer Olympic Games in August, a few will be playing cat-and-mouse games to avoid random anti-drug tests.

China Olympic Torch
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Chinese police officers stands guard as a Chinese boy with national and Olympic flags watches the Olympic torch relay from behind the locked gate inside the Sun Yat-sen memorial park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Beijing Olympic Torch relay arrived in Guangdong, second province in mainland China.

Published Wednesday, May. 07, 2008

The Olympic torch moved to within striking distance of the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday, with the flame likely to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain in the next several days.

China Olympic Torch
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A crowd hurries into position during the Olympic torch relay, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Haikou, China.

Published Wednesday, May. 07, 2008

Paramilitary police donned Hawaiian shirts and pink buses shuttled in more cops in camouflage. Security was heavy but officers were markedly relaxed as jubilant crowds, apparently free of protesters, helped kick off the Olympic torch's tour of China.

Published Tuesday, May. 06, 2008

China has tightened visa controls ahead of the Olympic Games, with invitation letters and hotel reservations required for some travelers, the government acknowledged Tuesday after weeks of insisting the entry process was business as usual.

Published Tuesday, May. 06, 2008

Athletes from 10 European countries will take part in an allergy and asthma study at the Beijing Olympics.

Hong Kong Olympic Torch
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Olympic Torch attendants light the Olympic Torch at the Launching Ceremony of the Hong Kong leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in Hong Kong, China, Friday, May. 2, 2008.

Published Tuesday, May. 06, 2008

Waving the Tibet flag or paying tribute to the Dalai Lama during the medals ceremony will be against the rules at the Beijing Olympics, though the penalties for those infractions remain unknown.

China Olympic Torch
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School children cheer as they await the Olympic torch, Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Sanya, China. The mainland leg of the relay started on the southern island of Hainan in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing. Although they are on the May school holiday, attendance at the relay was mandatory, the children said.

Published Monday, May. 05, 2008

Cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan - the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.

Published Monday, May. 05, 2008

China's capital is tightening security around the highly symbolic Tiananmen Square ahead of this summer's Olympic Games.

China Olympic Torch
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Chinese flags fly from a moving car prior to the start of the Olympic torch relay, Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Sanya, China. The mainland leg of the relay started on the southern island of Hainan in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.

Published Sunday, May. 04, 2008

Cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan - the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.

China Olympic Torch
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Wu Ying Na, Miss China World 2002, runs with the the Olympic torch, Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Sanya, China. The mainland leg of the relay started on the southern island of Hainan in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.

Published Sunday, May. 04, 2008

Cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan - the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.

Macau Olympic Torch
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Torch relay runner, Macau tycoon Stanley Ho, center, runs at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch relay in Macau, China Saturday, May 3, 2008.

Published Saturday, May. 03, 2008

The Olympic torch began its relay Saturday past glitzy Las Vegas-style casinos and pastel colored colonial buildings in the Chinese city of Macau - the world's most lucrative gambling center.

Hong Kong Olympics Farrow
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Internationally famed actress and activist Mia Farrow speaks to media holding her "permission to enter" paper from immigration as she arrives at the airport in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 1, 2008. Farrow is expected to speak to international media at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club on human rights issues in Darfur Friday, May 2, coinciding with Hong Kong's leg of the Olympic torch relay.

Published Friday, May. 02, 2008

Runners carried the Olympic flame through Hong Kong on Friday, as large groups of flag-waving torch supporters shouted insults at pro-Tibet and human rights protesters, forcing them to seek refuge in police vans.

Published Thursday, May. 01, 2008

Seven of Marion Jones' relay partners filed an appeal Thursday with the Court of Arbitration for Sport seeking to retain their 2000 Olympic medals.

Published Thursday, May. 01, 2008

Beijing's battle to ban smoking in most public areas began in earnest Thursday as part of the government's commitment to hold a smoke-free Olympics.

Published Thursday, May. 01, 2008

A U.S. senator accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games.

China Olympics 100 Day Celebration
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Runners begin a mini-marathon during a 100 Days Countdown celebration to the Beijing Summer Olympics, outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in Beijing. The city is marking the day with the marathon run and gala party Wednesday.

Published Thursday, May. 01, 2008

An activist traveling with Mia Farrow says she and the actress have been allowed to enter Hong Kong to protest China's relations with Sudan.

Vietnam Olympic Torch
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Torch bearers pass the flame during the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

Published Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008

The Olympic torch arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday after the Chinese territory deported at least seven activists who planned to protest the flame.

Published Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008

A wide-ranging group of U.S. Jewish leaders plans to release a statement Wednesday urging Jews worldwide to boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing, citing China's troubling record on human rights and Tibet.

China Olympics 100 Days
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Pedestrians walk past a poster featuring China's Olympic hurdling gold medalist Liu Xiang, on a street in Beijing Tuesday April 29, 2008. Beijing is to mark the 100 day countdown to the opening of the Olympic Games with a mass marathon run and gala party Wednesday.

Published Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008

Shimmering stadiums and billions of dollars spent to remake Beijing into a modern city have been overshadowed by pro-Tibet protests, chaos on the Olympic torch relay, and an anti-Western backlash by angry Chinese who sense their coming-out party is being spoiled.

Published Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008

World-record holder Asafa Powell won't race for the next two months because of a chest injury. His manager says the sprinter will be able to run at the Beijing Olympics in August.

North Korea Olympic Torch
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Cheering crowd line up to watch the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, April 28, 2008.

Published Monday, Apr. 28, 2008

North Korea mobilized tens of thousands of citizens on Monday to celebrate the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, the flame's first visit to the authoritarian nation.

Published Monday, Apr. 28, 2008

North Korea Olympic Torch
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Cheering crowd line up to watch the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, April 28, 2008.

Published Sunday, Apr. 27, 2008

The Olympic torch began its first-ever run through North Korea on Monday, where the flame was assured of a trip free of the anti-Chinese protests that marked other legs of the relay.

Published Sunday, Apr. 27, 2008

Nearly a year ago, a sniper shot at Olympic hopeful Dana Hussein as she ran around one of the few jogging tracks in Baghdad. Another time, she and her coach narrowly avoided driving into an ambush and sure death at a checkpoint in the city.

HONG KONG OLYMPIC TORCH
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Human rights activists, holding the balloon of Olympic torch, written "Peace, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Democracy, Freedom", rally near the sculptor of "The Pillar of Shame," which depicts 50 twisted human bodies to mourn pro-democracy demonstrators killed in the military crackdown at Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989, at the Hong Kong University Sunday, April 27, 2008. Three human rights activists who planned to protest during Hong Kong's leg of the Olympic torch relay have been barred from entering the Chinese-ruled territory, local media and one of the activists said Sunday.

Published Sunday, Apr. 27, 2008

Three human rights activists who planned to protest during Hong Kong's leg of the Olympic torch relay have been barred from entering the Chinese-ruled territory, one of the activists said Sunday.

Published Saturday, Apr. 26, 2008

Miao Lijie scored 26 points and host China upset the United States 84-81 in Saturday's championship game of a pre-Olympic women's basketball test tournament.

Japan Olympic Torch
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Chinese shout slogans against Tibetan supporters during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Nagano, Japan, Saturday, April 26, 2008. The Japan leg of China's Olympic torch relay began Saturday with thousands of riot police lining the streets, helicopters buzzing the skies and demonstrators rallying in a pro-Tibet prayer vigil.

Published Saturday, Apr. 26, 2008

North Korean defectors vowed Saturday to disrupt the South Korean leg of the Olympic torch relay in protest of China's repatriation of refugees to the North where they could face execution.

Published Friday, Apr. 25, 2008

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Friday details of a new voluntary initiative to send clean athletes to this year's Olympics in Beijing.

Published Friday, Apr. 25, 2008

The State Department says terrorists may want to disrupt this summer's Olympics in China and warned of a heightened risk of terrorist attacks there in the coming months.


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