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China Hunts for 21 'Most Wanted' in Protests
" China's response to last week's riots in Lhasa drew world attention to its human-rights record and threatens to overshadow its attempts to project an image of unity and prosperity ahead of the Olympics in Beijing this August ... " Tiananmen ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/China_Hunts_for_21_Most_Wanted-5225-1-17641.htm
TERROR IN TIBET ; Thousands of Troops Sent in By China RIOTERS GIVEN DEADLINE TO ENDVIOLENCE
China's Communist government were hoping Beijing's hosting of the Olympics in August would boost their popularity at home as well as their image abroad ... And last week, Ethiopian world marathon champion Haile Gebrselassie, who suffers from ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/TERROR_IN_TIBET__Thousands_of_T-5225-1-16813.htm
Jeff Buttle Wins World Figure Skating Championships Decisively
Buttle won world silver in 2005 and bronze at the 2006 Olympics, but slipped to sixth at the last two world championships. When he lost his Canadian crown, he wasn't considered a threat for gold ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Jeff_Buttle_Wins_World_Figure_Sk-5225-2-17687.htm
Fehr Says Union Could Give OK to Valid Blood Testing
The World Anti-Doping Agency says a blood test for HGH will be used at the Olympics, but no validated blood test for HGH is available commercially. "If and when a blood test is available and it can be signed and validated by people other than ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Fehr_Says_Union_Could_Give_OK_to-5225-2-14535.htm
Olympic Flame is Nearly Snuffed
Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell later said Britain was celebrating the Olympics, not China's human rights record ... Gayle Donsky, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, said her group did not intend to disrupt the ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Olympic_Flame_is_Nearly_Snuffed-5225-2-19886.htm
Two More on Cuban Soccer Team Defect
match against Honduras and continue in the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympics ... The top two teams in the eight-team tournament earn berths to the 2008 Olympics in ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Two_More_on_Cuban_Soccer_Team_De-5225-2-16358.htm
Obama, Huckabee Take Iowa Caucuses
You win the silver in one event it doesn't mean you're not going to come back and win the gold in another event, and that we are going to do, said Romney, alluding to his experience running the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Two prominent ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Obama_Huckabee_Take_Iowa_Caucus-5225-5-6448.htm
Newspaper Questions Latvian Government "Silence" About Tibet
Western Response The Tibetans protested at a time when the final preparations are being made for the Beijing Olympics ... " Calls for a boycott of the Olympics have not received much ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Newspaper_Questions_Latvian_Gove-5225-1-17313.htm
China Choking Tibet Culturally: Dalai Lama
He said he would continue to support the 2008 Beijing Olympics, despite the current tension and unrest in Tibet ... He said China was relying on force to bring peace, but peace can only be achieved if "it comes from the heart of ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/China_Choking_Tibet_Culturally_-5225-1-16805.htm
Chinese Move Forces into Tibetan Areas -- Journalists Expelled, Laureates Urge Calm
8-24 Olympics, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel joined 25 other Nobel laureates in a call for restraint by Beijing ... State Department advised Americans planning to attend the Olympics that they might be under Chinese government ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Chinese_Move_Forces_into_Tibetan-5225-1-17559.htm
Tibetans Protest in Nepal 15 March
They also demanded that the International Olympic Committee bar China from hosting the 2008 Olympics. Another Tibetan refugee, Lodoe Lama, said the Tibetan refugees will continue to stage protests unless the Chinese government stops atrocities in ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Tibetans_Protest_in_Nepal_15_Mar-5225-1-16709.htm
Court Documents Released in BALCO Case Include Steroid Ledger
12, and banned the disgraced American athlete from attending next year's Beijing Olympics in any capacity ... "The context of the defendant's use of performance-enhancing substances, as detailed in the documents seized from BALCO, shows a ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Court_Documents_Released_in_BALC-5225-1-4929.htm
Violence Raging in Tibet
By Tini Tran Associated Press BEIJING -- Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, bathing Lhasa in smoke from tear gas, bonfires and burned shops, and posing a challenge to China on whether its image can ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Violence_Raging_in_Tibet-5225-1-16603.htm
Tibetans Ask World for Help but Expect Little
From the exiled Tibetan leaders, there were no calls for sanctions, like those imposed when Myanmar suppressed pro-democracy protests last year, or even a boycott of this summer's Beijing Olympics ... India has allowed the Tibetans to protest ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Tibetans_Ask_World_for_Help_but_-5225-1-17798.htm
Romney Plans to Campaign Past Tuesday
Heal, who left Utah six months ago with his young family to attend architecture school in San Diego, said he's been a Romney fan since the 2002 Olympics ... Titled, "Experience Matters" it emphasizes Romney's private sector experience -- including his ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Romney_Plans_to_Campaign_Past_Tu-5225-5-10411.htm
