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THE Human Rights Torture Relay's April arrival on the New Haven Green marked its final stop in New England. It was welcomed as a symbol of justice and peace by a crowd of several hundred supporters. The relay was challenged by a group organized by the Committee for Supporting the Beijing Olympics at Yale. Before the event, organizers sent an e-mail petition to the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Yale expressing apparent concern for human rights in China while at the same time attacking Falun Gong and describing the Human Rights Torture Relay as a mockery.
As a member of the Yale Falun Gong Club, I would like to clarify any misunderstandings about the relay, explain the tragic human rights abuses inside and outside China and express the wish that the Olympic Games in Beij...
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Dear EarthTalk: What's being done to "green up" professional sports? I know that the last two Olympic Games both made some effort, but are there other...
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At the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games, the world's two superpowers took the Cold War to the playing fields. At the 1980 Moscow Games, the U.S., under orders from President Jimmy Carter, boycotted the Olympics. The Soviets retaliated by boycotting the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Aside from [Lauryn Williams], Detroit Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince is a member of the heavily-favored U.S. men's basketball team. At the 2004 Olympic Games, the U.S. finished a disappointing third and had to settle for bronze.
DETROIT PISTONS forward Tayshaun Prince is a member of the heavily-favored U.S. men's basketball team. At the 2004 Olympic Games, the U.S. finished a disappointing third and had to settle for bronze medals.
Mexico City-also was the stage for American sprinters Tommie Smith and John C...
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Basketball Free Throws
Men
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London has been on Ben Shorey's mind lately.
Actually, he said, "It's on my mind a lot.
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Iconic Olympic Hopefuls make up the First Global Team in P&G's Sweeping Olympic Campaign
BOSTON -- Gillette, a P&G brand, today introduced a team of...
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Sports arouse passions all over the world and influence behaviors and social values. Sports competitions mobilize the collectivity: the higher the soc...
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VANCOUVER -- The Olympic torch made its way through drizzling rain and crowded streets Friday before eventually completing its 106- day journey in which it was passed more than 12,000 times and zigzagged
some 29,000 miles across Canada en route to BC Place for the 2010 Winter Games.
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The following are the results of the 2009 New River Valley Senior Olympic Games, hosted by the Radford parks and recreation department. Games were held in May at venues throughout the valley. Wytheville Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2010 Senior Olympic Games.
Men's Billiards
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Equatorial Guinea Defeats Iran in Soccer to Make Finals
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea's (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) Minister of Agriculture and Forestry and National President of the Youth Federation of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), Nguema Obiang Mangue, has been attending and supporting the women's soccer matches at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games in an effort to promote and support culture and sports in his country.