Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/beijing-2008-olympics.html en-en Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:34:49 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/beijing-2008-olympics.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080704/twl-bush-to-attend-olympic-opening-cerem-41f21e0.html /itn/20080704/r_t_itn_wl/twl-bush-to-attend-olympic-opening-cerem-41f21e0_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:34:49 +0000 US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month. ITN http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080703/tpl-uk-olympics-bush-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080703/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-olympics-bush-43a8d4f_3 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:44:00 +0000 U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080703/tpl-uk-olympics-bush-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080703/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-olympics-bush-43a8d4f_1 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:02:00 +0000 President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies at the Olympics in China next month, the White House said on Thursday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080703/tot-uk-athletics-doping-coe-4b7b872.html /rtrs/20080703/r_t_rtrs_ot_other/tot-uk-athletics-doping-coe-4b7b872_1 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:27:00 +0000 London 2012 Olympic organising committee chairman Sebastian Coe defended on Thursday the right of the British Olympic Association (BOA) to impose a lifetime Olympic ban on sprinter Dwain Chambers. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080701/twl-china-unrest-tibet-rights-oly2008-696b303.html /afp/20080701/r_t_afp_wl_unrest/twl-china-unrest-tibet-rights-oly2008-696b303_2 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:46:00 +0000 Tibet's government in exile said Tuesday the onus was on China to make progress in talks in Beijing aimed at easing tensions following deadly unrest that overshadowed the nation's Olympic build-up. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080701/twl-china-meets-dalai-lama-envoy-41f21e0.html /itn/20080701/r_t_itn_wl/twl-china-meets-dalai-lama-envoy-41f21e0_1 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:18:07 +0000 Senior envoys of the the Dalai Lama,are holding fence-mending talks with the Chinese Government, weeks before the Beijing Olympics. ITN http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080701/tpl-uk-china-tibet-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080701/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-china-tibet-43a8d4f_4 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:14:00 +0000 China resumed fence-mending talks with envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday in a move that could burnish its international image weeks before the Chinese capital hosts the Olympics. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080701/twl-china-unrest-tibet-rights-oly2008-696b303.html /afp/20080701/r_t_afp_wl_unrest/twl-china-unrest-tibet-rights-oly2008-696b303_1 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:35:00 +0000 Talks between envoys of the Dalai Lama and China were expected to begin on Tuesday in Beijing more than three months after deadly unrest in Tibet overshadowed the country's Olympic build-up. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080701/tpl-uk-china-tibet-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080701/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-china-tibet-43a8d4f_2 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:48:00 +0000 China is to resume fence-mending talks with envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday in a move that could burnish its international image weeks before the Chinese capital hosts the Olympics. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080630/tot-uk-olympics-athletics-britain-4b7b872.html /rtrs/20080630/r_t_rtrs_ot_other/tot-uk-olympics-athletics-britain-4b7b872_2 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:03:00 +0000 Olympic champions Steve Redgrave and Kelly Holmes and nearly 100 others have signed a petition aimed at blocking a bid by sprinter Dwain Chambers to compete at the Beijing Games after a drugs ban. Reuters