KABUL, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the country's first Olympic medal winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Four days after closing the 2008 Beijing Games in triumph, China lit the 2008 Paralympics torch amid pomp and ceremony at Beijing's ancient Temple of Heaven, marking the start of a domestic relay for the September 6 Games. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Michael Phelps dodged a bullet train of French relay swimmers to collect his second Beijing gold medal and stay on course for an unprecedented eight golds on an incredible record-breaking day at the Water Cube on Monday. ... > full story
PENALVER, Cuba, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Young baseball players from the United States and Cuba squared off on Sunday in a game that was the first of its kind in eight years and far friendlier than relations between their two countries. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States chose former Sudanese refugee Lopez Lomong to carry their flag at Friday's Olympic opening ceremony in a move that could embarrass Sudan and its ally China. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Suspected Muslim separatists with homemade bombs killed 16 police in western China on Monday, state media said, reporting one of the worst attacks by militants on Chinese soil just four days before the Olympics. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Astrology expert Raymond Lo has a word of warning for China's Olympic leaders -- they should wear an ox pendant to ward off bad karma at the Olympics. ... > full story
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China plans to spy on Olympic hotel guests: US senator Aug. 2, 2008 (Yahoo! News) — A top Republican US senator on Tuesday said China is planning to spy on guests who stay at foreign-owned hotels during the Olympic Games, which ...
US says China has 'nothing to fear' from Internet Aug. 2, 2008 (Yahoo! News) — The United States on Wednesday ramped up pressure on China to live up to Olympic ideals by ending human rights abuses, as President George W. Bush ...
Look, Ma, No Arms Aug. 2, 2008 (Yahoo! News) — Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 44 - 8/4/2008 - Early in 2001, President Bush approved the export of arms to democratic Taiwan. At ...
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