Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/photos/beijing-olympics-photo.html en-en Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:10:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/photos/beijing-olympics-photo.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080708/img/pts-china-pollution-environ-093a4ddde8450.html /afp/20080708/r_p_afp_ts_china/pts-china-pollution-environ-093a4ddde8450 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:10:00 +0000 One month before the start of the Olympics, the stadiums are complete and the city's new transport systems are coming online. One of the few things organisers can't control is the city's heavy pollution. Duration: 01:47 AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080708/img/pts-china-pollution-environ-eea3dab9ac240.html /afp/20080708/r_p_afp_ts_china/pts-china-pollution-environ-eea3dab9ac240 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:13:00 +0000 Heavy smog shrouds the historic Forbidden City in Beijing. Beijing's environment bureau has insisted that pollution would not be a problem for the Olympics despite heavy smog enveloping the city exactly one month before the Games start. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080708/img/pts-oly-2008-chn-china-coun-fa4e49f008f30.html /afp/20080708/r_p_afp_ts_china/pts-oly-2008-chn-china-coun-fa4e49f008f30 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:42:00 +0000 Paramilitary police officers stand beside official slogans at the Olympic central area in Beijing in late April. China's media has marked one month before the opening of the Beijing Olympics pledging to host a successful Games despite "anti-China forces" seeking to disrupt them AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080708/img/ppl-a-mongolian-child-throw-669f222380e60.html /rtrs/20080708/r_p_rtrs_pl_other/ppl-a-mongolian-child-throw-669f222380e60 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:29:00 +0000 A Mongolian child throws a baseball in front of the Mongolian Olympic Committee during a training course in Ulan Bator July 1, 2004. REUTERS/Guang Niu Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080707/img/pot-oly-china-pollution-939-77d70e97dccf0.html /ap/20080707/r_p_ap_ot_other/pot-oly-china-pollution-939-77d70e97dccf0 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:13:33 +0000 Graphic shows China pollution data roundup; with Beijing clean air steps for Olympics; three sizes; 3c x 5 1/4 inches; 146 mm x 133.4 mm; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 88.9 mm; 2c x 3 3/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 85.7 mm AP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080707/img/pot-torres-feat-9399fe8-9ee3ad6e159d0.html /ap/20080707/r_p_ap_ot_other/pot-torres-feat-9399fe8-9ee3ad6e159d0 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:13:32 +0000 In this July 5, 2008 file photo, swimmer Dara Torres celebrates setting a US record time of 24.38 in the women's 50-meter freestyle semifinal at the US Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb.. At 41, Torres is heading for her fifth Olympics, a remarkable feat that has left armchair athletes doing a double-take. But exercise experts say Torres' achievements at least partly reflect advances in training _ and that many of us could come closer than we think. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file) AP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080707/img/pod-a-combo-photo-shows-a-c-7fa5de3e83b90.html /rtrs/20080707/r_p_rtrs_od_other/pod-a-combo-photo-shows-a-c-7fa5de3e83b90 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:20:00 +0000 A combo photo shows a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) to mark the Beijing Olympic Games. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/img/puk-oly-beijing-2008-london-df3bd53107200.html /afp/20080704/r_p_afp_uk_other/puk-oly-beijing-2008-london-df3bd53107200 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:49:00 +0000 Double Olympic gold medal winner and London 2012 Organising Committee Chairman, Lord Sebastian Coe, has told British athletes not to worry too much how their performance affects the overall medal count and to concentrate on striving for glory. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080704/img/pwl-1215167689-world-02146e-74d001795d8b0.html /itn/20080704/r_p_itn_wl/pwl-1215167689-world-02146e-74d001795d8b0 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:34:49 +0000 Bush to attend Olympic opening ceremony ITN http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080703/img/puk-oly-2008-athletics-gbr-8a4d3ec626bb0.html /afp/20080703/r_p_afp_uk_other/puk-oly-2008-athletics-gbr-8a4d3ec626bb0 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:51:00 +0000 Britain's Dwain Chambers wins the men's 100m at the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2002. Chambers has started court proceedings against the British Olympic Association (BOA) in a bid to enable him to compete at next month's Beijing Olympics. AFP