Beijing aims at 'high level' preparations - January 18, 2008Beijing vice and acting mayor Guo Jinlong on Sunday vowed to accomplish the preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games to a "high level", partly by addressing the concerns on traffic jams and polluti...
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Sochi wins 2014 Olympic Games - July 4, 2007The Black Sea resort of Sochi, boosted by the personal intervention of Russian president Vladimir Putin, won the right to stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday.
Putin came to Guatemala to...
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Ski cross to make Olympic debut at Vancouver 2010 - November 29, 2006The IOC Tuesday gave the green light for ski cross to make its debut at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. The IOC's Executive Board, in a bid to keep up with modern winter disciplines popular with youn...
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Olympic bribery whistleblower Hodler dies - October 18, 2006IOC Marc Hodler, a Swiss member of the international olympic comitee who revealed allegations of widespread bribery in bidding for the Olympics Games in the 1990s, has died at the age of 87, the IOC a...
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IOC president thanks Turin organizers - February 27, 2006International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge thanked key members of Turin 2006 at a breakfast Monday. He said, “it was extremely hard to find a word that could do justice to the wonde...
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