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CNN
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The Olympic torch relay was disrupted Monday by protesters in Paris demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to twice extinguish the flame and put the torch on a bus, according to The Associated Press. The incident came one day af..
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BBC News
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Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, the world's highest mountain.
Chinese television showed the team of climbers, carrying special high-altitude torches, reaching the summit at 0920 local time (0120 GMT).
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MSNBC
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A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games.
The climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadca..
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CNN
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Dutch golfer Robert-Jan Derksen and Chinese veteran Zhang Lianwei shared the halfway lead at the Asian Open after many of the big names in the field had failed to master the strong winds at the tight Tomson Pudong course in Shanghai. Zhang, 42, sunk a 10-..
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CNN
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Chinese Olympic officials have dismissed Ethiopian world record holder Haile Gebrselassie offer to run in the marathon in Beijing if the venue could be switched. "The course for the marathon has been fixed and there are no plans to change it," said Sun We..
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BBC News
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The Olympic torch will not pass through Taiwan because negotiators could not resolve differences with the Beijing authorities, officials have confirmed.
The two sides disagreed over the route the torch should take on its way to the Beijing Games in 200..
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