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• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 135
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
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• Why Do Pho Restaurants Have Numbers in Their Names?

  
  Chris Abraham — Authority: 144
  Lots of my friends ask why all of my favorite Pho restaurants have numbers in them, like my personal favorite, Pho75, in Court House, Arlington, VA.  Well, here’s some insight from Serious Eats : Oftentimes they’re lucky numbers. “In some Asian cultures, eight is associated with wealth or prosperity. ...
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• The Saturday Profile: China’s Impolitic Artist, Still Waiting to Be Silenced

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  Artist Ai Weiwei in his studio in Beijing.
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• A referee gets mobbed — for being good!

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 158
  Around the world referees are forever criticised by fans, players, managers and the media but an Uzbekistan official has managed to buck the trend, receiving an unusually warm welcome after being named Asian Football Confederation (AFC) referee of the year. Fans at Tashkent airport blew horns and trumpets to ...
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• Welcome To B.C. Where Olympic Spirit Is An Enforceable Law

  
  Unambiguously Ambidextrous — Authority: 480
  Amy Goodman, host of the American public radio show Democracy Now , was detained with her producers at the Canadian border and interrogated for more than an hour. The reason, according to her, is that border agents were afraid she was visiting to criticize the 2010 Olympic Games. She was actually visiting Canada ...
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• Coconuts banned on Rio de Janeiro beaches

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: Food and Drink , South America , Brazil If its your dream to go to Rio de Janeiro, and walk Copacabana Beach while drinking from a coconut, heres a reality check for you: you have to nix the coconut. Starting December 1st, coconuts will be banned from being sold by beach vendors in an effort to ...
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• The Friday Five: Pre-Mature Death Bells For Federer

  
  TennisGrandstand — Authority: 421
  Roger Federer is still the king By Maud Watson Return of the King – It seems like only yesterday a sobbing Australian Open finalist Roger Federer had the critics convinced that his star was fading fast.  But after an amazing summer that saw him complete the career Grand Slam as well as break Pete Sampras’ ...
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• Sport tourism takes centre stage

  
  Travel news from car rentals Page not found — Authority: 438
  Just recently more than 50,000 officials from around the world gathered in London to celebrate 30-years of the World Travel Market. Government officials and the international press were here and they have come out with the same feeling that sports tourism has been born as the catalyst to revive the flagging travel ...
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• Germany under ranking test at Champions Trophy - Daily Times

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  MELBOURNE: Olympic champions Germany are aiming to protect their top world ranking in the men’s field hockey Champions Trophy, getting underway here on Saturday (tomorrow). The Germans are up against Australia (2), Spain (3), Netherlands (4), South Continue .. That result means Del Potro and Federer both ...
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• Balancing Motherhood and Another Mountain Run

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  Sarah Schleper, a three-time United States Olympian in skiing and the mother of a toddler, is continuing her pursuit of an Olympic medal.
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• Wembley Arena set for 2012 Olympics

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to take place at site • Will save on building temporary venue at Greenwich Peninsula The International Olympic Committee revealed today that an agreement had been reached "in principle" for London organisers to avoid the need to build a temporary £42m arena by moving two ...
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• Curling gets cool as Eve Muirhead aims for Winter Olympic gold at Vancouver 2010

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 970
  Teenage skip leads British womens team in search of Olympic gold.
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• Serbs wonder - finally a real team? (Team Profile)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Belgrade, Nov 26 (DPA) Serbia is looking forward to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa mixing hope that it finally has a “real team” with fear of another huge disappointment.Serbia qualified directly and surefooted for the tournament, but it did the same four years ago, then as Serbia-Montenegro, only to be ...
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• If You Want To Buy TAG Watch

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 586
  Are you considering to buy TAG watch?Over the years, Heuer’s reputation for gold-standard precision earned the company the privilege of providing official timing services for a number of world-class competitive sporting events. Those including the Olympic Games, the FIS Ski World Cup, and the FIA Formula 1 World ...
  3 days ago

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Review

  
  Wii Balance Board Games Blog — Authority: 133
  A portion of the Vooks review of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games: "If you haven’t played many mini-game collections and are looking for a new party-style game, then Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is a decent choice."
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• On Olympic pin-trading centres and Collectors Corner

  
  Inside the 2010 Olympics — Authority: 112
  Its been a while since Ive written on that Olympic phenomenon of pin-trading. Faithful readers will recall that wed be publishing in print and on this blog Collectors Corner, a piece that periodically reviewed new or interesting collectibles...( read more )
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• Protesters Guide to 2010 Olympics useful reading for all

  
  Inside the 2010 Olympics — Authority: 112
  Its a rough thing, wanting to protest and not knowing how to do it. Just how far can you go if you want to voice your disapproval about the 2010 Winter Olympics when the show comes to town next year? What happens if you carry to the protest "rattles"...( read more )
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• Delay on settling 2012 Olympic badminton and rhythmic gymnastics venue

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Locog keen to switch venue to Wembley Arena • Decision unlikely to be made until January Efforts by Olympic organisers to persuade badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to move their events to Wembley Arena in 2012 are unlikely to result in any agreement until next year at the earliest, it has emerged. The ...
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• The Sun Is Shining on Norwegian Skier Again

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  No one recognized the world’s top skier, Aksel Lund Svindal, in Miami Beach, where he rested in preparation for races this weekend and next in Canada and Colorado.
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• David Conn: World Cup bid tears up Olympic blueprint

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  The 2018 campaigns inclusion of the Olympic Stadium exposes a bitter dispute over its future after the Games The smouldering controversy over the viability of Londons 2012 Olympic stadium will reignite tomorrow when the stadium is formally proposed as a football venue, still at 80,000 seats six years after the Games, ...
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