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Amputee runner wins right to try for Olympic spot Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. 2008-05-16 Activities: [2008 Beijing Olympics] China floats inviting Dalai Lama to Olympics: Tibet MP A senior Chinese official has asked whether Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would agree to attend the Beijing Olympics to ease recent tensions, a Tibet government-in-exile legislator said on Monday. 2008-05-12 People: [Dalai Lama] Activities: [2008 Beijing Olympics] Beijing Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand: analysts The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to industry analysts. 2008-05-11 Activities: [2008 Beijing Olympics] China marks 100 days until start of Beijing Olympics Shimmering stadiums and billions of dollars spent to remake Beijing into a modern city have been overshadowed by pro-Tibet protests, chaos on the Olympic torch relay, and an anti-Western backlash by angry Chinese who sense their coming-out party is being spoiled. 2008-04-29 People: [Steven Spielberg] Activities: [2008 Beijing Olympics] Philippine boxers forced to look beyond Beijing Delfin Boholst is training for the Olympics -- the London Olympics. 2008-04-29 Activities: [2008 Beijing Olympics] Headlines Amputee runner wins right to try for Olympic spot 2008-05-16 China floats inviting Dalai Lama to Olympics: Tibet MP 2008-05-12 Beijing Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand: analysts 2008-05-11 China marks 100 days until start of Beijing Olympics 2008-04-29 Philippine boxers forced to look beyond Beijing 2008-04-29 US, Britain, Interpol warn of increased terror risk in China 2008-04-26 Interpol says terror attack at Games possible 2008-04-25 Fun is latest casualty of Beijing security drive 2008-04-24 Australian Olympians tested for asthma 2008-04-18 Japanese temple refuses to host Olympic torch 2008-04-18 Radical Tibetan disrupted Olympic in India 2008-04-17 Olympic flame carried through a quiet New Delhi 2008-04-17 U.S. would only boycott Beijing over athlete safety 2008-04-16 Tight security as torch arrives in New Delhi 2008-04-16 Olympic stadium, known as Bird's Nest, gets modest opening 2008-04-16 Olympic torch kicks off Asian journey in Pakistan 2008-04-16 Olympic torch in Oman 2008-04-14 China editorials blast Dalai Lama, Pelosi 2008-04-13 Hadley: 'Cop-out' to skip Olympics start 2008-04-13 Tanzanians cheer Olympic torch run 2008-04-13 Olympic torch flickers in China-friendly Africa 2008-04-12 Chinese anger and terror warnings cloud Olympics 2008-04-11 IOC chief says Olympics on track despite protests 2008-04-11 Olympic torch makes Latin American stop 2008-04-11 IOC chiefs to end talks after week of protests 2008-04-11 China indignant at U.S. lawmakers over Tibet 2008-04-10 Torch concludes topsy-turvy tour of S.F. 2008-04-10 Obama urges Bush to boycott Beijing 2008-04-10 Joan Chen: Let the Games Go On 2008-04-10 Dalai Lama to visit US since Tibet riot 2008-04-10 China tells Olympic boss to stay out of politics 2008-04-10 McCain urges China to "clean up its act" 2008-04-10 Confusion, protests mar US leg of Olympic torch relay 2008-04-10 Olympic torch hidden from San Francisco protests 2008-04-10 Olympics in crisis: Rogge 2008-04-10 Olympic torch evades protesters and supporters alike 2008-04-10 San Francisco braces for wild Olympic torch run 2008-04-09 UK's Brown won't attend Olympics opening 2008-04-09 Olympic torch finally unifies -- but in anger 2008-04-09 Olympics torch moves to U.S. but no plan to cut relay 2008-04-09 No plan to cut torch relay as U.S. protesters mass 2008-04-09 Security high for torch's S.F. stop 2008-04-09 How new technology keeps the flame burning 2008-04-09 Protests in San Francisco before Olympic torch run 2008-04-08 Torch divides San Francisco's Chinese community 2008-04-08 IOC raises prospect of abandoning global torch relay 2008-04-08 Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco 2008-04-08 China denounced Olympics saboteurs 2008-04-08 Olympic torch relay descends into chaos in Paris 2008-04-08 Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100 Most-viewed Japanese temple refuses to host Olympic torch 2008-04-18 U.S. would only boycott Beijing over athlete safety 2008-04-16 Australian Olympians tested for asthma 2008-04-18 China starts Olympic countdown in spectacular fashion 2007-08-08 Radical Tibetan disrupted Olympic in India 2008-04-17 Tight security as torch arrives in New Delhi 2008-04-16 Olympic torch kicks off Asian journey in Pakistan 2008-04-16 Beijing Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand: analysts 2008-05-11 US, Britain, Interpol warn of increased terror risk in China 2008-04-26 Olympic flame carried through a quiet New Delhi 2008-04-17 China marks 100 days until start of Beijing Olympics 2008-04-29 Olympic stadium, known as Bird's Nest, gets modest opening 2008-04-16 Olympic torch in Oman 2008-04-14 IOC chiefs to end talks after week of protests 2008-04-11 Interpol says terror attack at Games possible 2008-04-25 Olympic torch hidden from San Francisco protests 2008-04-10 Torch concludes topsy-turvy tour of S.F. 2008-04-10 China editorials blast Dalai Lama, Pelosi 2008-04-13 Chinese anger and terror warnings cloud Olympics 2008-04-11 Murdoch backs China's Olympic bid 2001-05-15 Hadley: 'Cop-out' to skip Olympics start 2008-04-13 China under fire from all sides a year ahead of Games 2007-08-08 China floats inviting Dalai Lama to Olympics: Tibet MP 2008-05-12 Taiwan says won't host torch, decision final 2007-09-21 Joan Chen: Let the Games Go On 2008-04-10

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