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SF Gate
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The IOC will consider ending the international leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay as a result of the anti-Chinese protests.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says the issue will be discussed by the organization's executive boa..
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CNN
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India cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of the Olympic torch relay in New Delhi, just a day before the event. Tendulkar said on Wednesday that a groin injury would prevent him taking part.
"I received an invitation from Indian Olympic Associ..
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BBC News
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Beijing has moved to reassure Olympic officials the troubled torch relay will now go smoothly, after being marred in three countries by anti-China protests.
The International Olympic Committee, which met Chinese officials in Beijing, said it hoped the..
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BBC News
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Beijing has said "no force" can stop the Olympic flame relay, as it faces protests on the US leg of its journey.
Seven demonstrators have already been arrested in San Francisco after tying "Free Tibet" banners to the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge...
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SF Gate
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Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London.
The biggest protests..
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SF Gate
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San Francisco was selected Thursday to represent the United States when the Olympic torch makes its way around the world next year during the city-to-city relay leading up to the summer games in Beijing, the U.S. Olympic Committee said.
Organizers of t..
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CNN
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Michael Phelps collected his fifth gold medal of the world championships as the United States set a world record of seven minutes 03.24 seconds in the men's 4x200 meters freestyle relay final on Friday.
Phelps combined with Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller an..
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