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Mia Farrow: IOC flunks human rights
Apr 14 2008 8:54PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - The activist group, Dream for Darfur, is putting final touches on its report card on the human rights record of the International Olympic Committee. The group's most high-profile spokeswoman, Mia Farrow, already has issued her grade.
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Politics, protests dominate conversation
Apr 14 2008 5:37PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - Abby Wambach would love for the U.S. women's soccer team to help create a spirit of unity at the Beijing Olympics. She also knows politics and protests are holding sway as the games approach.
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Daley wants to make Olympic pitch
Apr 14 2008 5:27PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Richard Daley said he would welcome an extra chance to pitch Chicago to the International Olympic Committee before it decides which city will host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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IAAF, Greene dismiss doping allegations
Apr 14 2008 7:30AM CT
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Track and field's world governing body dismissed doping allegations against former Olympic sprint champion Maurice Greene, throwing its support behind the man who once held the 100-meter world record.
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Protests meet Olympic torch in Argentina
Apr 11 2008 1:14PM CT
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine runners relayed the Olympic torch past fenced-off protesters on Friday, as hundreds of China supporters in red windbreakers tried to reverse weeks of bad publicity for the host of the Summer Games.
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Rogge says IOC won't push China on Tibet
Apr 11 2008 12:52PM CT
BEIJING (AP) - The International Olympic Committee will not intervene to pressure China on Tibet or other political issues in the countdown to the Beijing Games.
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Finch throws no-hitter for US
Apr 10 2008 11:10PM CT
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Jennie Finch threw a no-hitter in the U.S. women's softball team's 13-0 victory over UNC-Greensboro on Thursday night.
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US coach foresees many more swim records
Apr 10 2008 7:29PM CT
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - The Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit is making such a splash in the pool that U.S. coach Mark Schubert believes every record in the sport could fall at the Beijing Olympics.
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