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Japan to Bar Chinese Torch Security Forces
Japanese safety officials said security in Japan is handled solely by domestic police -- a position that won't change because of the Olympics, The Times of London reported Friday. I do not personally accept the idea that they will run in ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Japan_to_Bar_Chinese_Torch_Secur-5225-1-20560.htm
Red Sox Vs. Dodgers Draws Big Crowd
Olympics have been held here, most recently in 1984 ... -Australia exhibition game during the 1956 Olympics in ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Red_Sox_Vs_Dodgers_Draws_Big_Cr-5225-1-18755.htm
Raiders Reach Deal With DB DeAngelo Hall... [Derived Headline]
Results at the 2009 world championships determine how many spots countries get for the Vancouver Olympics ... Sacha Klejstan also scored in a victory that gives the Americans their seventh berth in eight Olympics dating to 1980, with 2004 the lone ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Raiders_Reach_Deal_With_DB_DeAng-5225-2-17543.htm
900 Students Feared Buried Alive in Quake
Venues for the 2008 Summer Olympics weren't damaged, Xinhua reported. This is a very dangerous earthquake, Bruce Presgrave, a geophysicist with the ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/900_Students_Feared_Buried_Alive-5225-1-24546.htm
Athens Police Scuffle With Pro-Tibet Protesters Before Olympic Flame Handover
A police cordon prevented the demonstrators from disrupting the final leg of Greece's relay from the Acropolis to the marble stadium, the venue of the first modern Olympics in 1896 ... Kyriakou appealed for respect for a "timeless symbol ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Athens_Police_Scuffle_With_ProT-5225-2-18815.htm
Light Torch, Fire Up Olympic Protests -- Disruptions Could Dog Procession Along Entire 85,000-Mile Route
But in the end, while the sun sparked the flame to life, it was the protesters who turned the joyful bow to the Olympics' roots into a political statement about China's crackdown in Tibet and other rights issues ... Friedman said he expects China to ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Light_Torch_Fire_Up_Olympic_Pro-5225-2-18141.htm
Justin Gatlin Won't Be Eligible to Defend Olympic 100-Metre Title
With the ban set to expire May 24, 2010, it means Gatlin will be on the sidelines for the Beijing Olympics in August ... Under the decision, it's conceivable he could stick around for the 2012 London ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Justin_Gatlin_Wont_Be_Eligible_-5225-2-6072.htm
China Faults Journalists As It Tries to Shape News Foreign Media Shut Out on Tibet Access
Foreign journalists in China say these actions violate the government's pledge to give them greater press freedoms and access to the country in the months leading to the Olympics ... The government also repeats over and over that the riots ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/China_Faults_Journalists_As_It_T-5225-1-18207.htm
3 Records in 3 Nights; Bernard Sets 50 Freestyle World Record
60 he swam Friday in the semifinals to shatter Pieter van den Hoogenband's old mark set at the 2000 Sydney Olympics ... 89 and sealed a place at the Olympics after starting in lane eight because he had the slowest qualifying ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/3_Records_in_3_Nights_Bernard_S-5225-2-17835.htm
China Takes Fresh Swing at Dalai Lama
A British foreign office report Tuesday cited China for its poor human rights record and warned the world would be watching it closely as its gets ready for the Summer Olympics, The Guardian reported. In its 21 major countries of concern, the ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/China_Takes_Fresh_Swing_at_Dalai-5225-1-18172.htm
Why Left-Wing Radio Just Plain Sucks! (Comments)
Danny, I actually respect the disabled community and the Special Olympics very much ... Your paranoia will destroy ya! You imagined MiC mocking Stevie, and now have a fixation that it really ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Why_LeftWing_Radio_Just_Plain_S-5031-2-3647.htm?mu ...
Campaign on Hold Briefly
Not only is Romney Mormon, like the majority of Utahns, he is also credited with turning around the scandal-plagued 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City ... President Hinckley, Romney told reporters in Denver, was "gracious and generous in his ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Campaign_on_Hold_Briefly-5225-5-10575.htm
Athletics: Ban for Sprint King Gatlin
Gatlin, who expected to compete in this year's Olympics in Beijing, further argued that he was possibly sabotaged by a massage therapist who rubbed the testosterone cream on his legs. (c) 2008 Coventry Evening ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Athletics_Ban_for_Sprint_King_G-5225-2-6111.htm
Mitt Romney, the only Republican that can beat Hillary Clinton
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China's Problems Go Beyond Tibet
The only way the Olympics can be held at all is by shutting down practically all factories in the area. Reports of adulterated pharmaceuticals are only the latest blow to an already sagging commercial ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Chinas_Problems_Go_Beyond_Tibet-5225-1-17691.htm
