2008 Summer Olympics

...build and millions more annually to maintain. BEIJING (AP) Chinese officials continue to struggle to find uses for the Bird's Nest Stadium, the iconic centerpiece of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Finding new events for the 80,000-seat venue is...

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...suggested the world should shift away from the dollar as the reserve currency. At the same time, Beijing has systematically fostered Han Chinese nationalism, through the use of school textbooks, youth groups, spectacles like the 60th...

In this article: China, Nationalism, The Communist Party, Beijing, Barack Obama, Democracy, Washington, Bill Clinton, United States, and Russia

...hockey series in Perth this weekend. Spain knocked Australia out of gold medal contention at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and star Kookaburras striker Jamie Dwyer said that failure still haunted the team. "It still hurts that we lost to them...

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More recently, protesters climbed the bridge to hang banners demanding that the Chinese government grant Tibet autonomy when the Olympic Torch passed through San Francisco on the way to the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. First...

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...CERA test. FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, Men's 1,500-meter gold medalist Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain licks his medal during the awarding ceremony in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, China. Rashid Ramzi...

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...loses Beijing 1,500-metre gold medal in doping probe Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi celebrates winning the gold in the men's 1500-metre at the Beijing 2008 Olympics on Aug. 19, 2008. Ramzi was stripped of the medal in November, 2009 after drug...

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...offseason transformation began in an unlikely place -- his couch. Early into his summer, Bosh decided to watch the championship game from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It was supposed to be one of those feel-good moments, like popping in...

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...season. His last film, "Curse of the Golden Flower," was released in 2006. Zhang directed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This year, he staged a production of the Italian opera "Turandot" at Beijing's Bird's...

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...give up in the race for gold at London 2012. Team GB won 47 medals at the Beijing Olympics last year, 19 of them gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze, this country's best haul for 100 years. Australia - whose shining efforts at the Olympics...

In this article: Australia, John Coates, Great Britain, Sydney Daily Telegraph, Olympic sports, Beijing Olympics, and London