(Reuters) - International media should have been told they would not have completely free access to the Internet before they arrived to report on the Beijing Olympics, IOC press chief Kevan Gosper told Reuters on Thursday.
Flickr 888 - 24 Hours Of Flickr
Published in July 31st, 2008
Flickr invites you to celebrate life on a very auspicious day, 8/8/08. On the day that the world comes together for the Beijing Olympics, Flickr wants you to post a picture any time during the day to the Flickr 888 group. The first 24 Hours of Flickr event was held on May 5, 2007 and it attracted more than 7,000 entries. It’s very interesting to see similarities and differences in how we spend the day in the many pictures that were uploaded. The Flickr 888 group opens on 8th August for submis
Beijing Olympics Opening Day Is Wedding Date For 9,000 Chinese Couples
Published in July 31st, 2008
Beijing Olympics Opening Day Is Wedding Date For 9,000 Chinese Couples July 31, 2008 Topics marriage, wedding, olympics, games, couples, chinese and news Aug. 8, 2008, will not only mark the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics here but also the wedding day of about 9,000 Chinese couples. The number is a new record because it is twice more than the previous single-day marriage record in Beijing, according to China’s state-run news agency Xinhua.
India to send four hockey coaches to Beijing Olympics
Published in July 31st, 2008
Indian hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time, and in a well-planned mission the ad-hoc committee will send four coaches to Beijing to prepare a blueprint for success in future. The ad-hoc committee decided to send junior men’s team coach A K Bansal, national women’s team coach M K Kaushik, Harender Singh and goalkeeping coach A B Subbiah to Beijing, said Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of ad-hoc committee that runs hockey after the Indian Hockey Federation was superseded
China lashes out at US for ‘politicising Beijing Olympics’
Published in July 31st, 2008
China sharply criticised Thursday “odious attempts” by US lawmakers to politicise the Olympics and to interfere in its internal affairs. The US House of Representatives passed Wednesday by 419 votes to one a resolution “calling on the Government of the People’s Republic of China to immediately end abuses of the human rights of its citizens…to ensure that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games take place in an atmosphere that honours the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness.” Reacting to the
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