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What to wear all a matter of money at Olympics

July 21, 2012 0

This file photo shows United States' Michael Phelps reacting after winning the gold medal in the men's 100-meter butterfly final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado: Olympians should have figured out one thing by now: What they can or cannot wear at the London Games has very little to do with their fashion, marketing sense or patriotism, and a whole lot to do with rules, regulations and, of course, money. The overseers of the Olympics are protective of their brand and rings – …

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Need a room for the Olympics? Sleep in a cab

July 19, 2012 0

Need a room for the Olympics? Sleep in a cab

LONDON: A London taxi driver has come up with a novel way of solving the Olympic hotel dilemma: Visitors can sleep in his cab for 50 pounds ($78). Cabbie David Weekes had feared that busy traffic throughout the Olympics and special road lanes only for Olympic VIPs would mean fewer taxi fares. So he’s converted his traditional black London taxi …

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March 14 suspends its participation in National Dialogue

July 19, 2012 0

March 14 opposition coalition members hold a meeting in Beirut, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (The Daily Star/Dalati Nohra, HO)

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s March 14 opposition coalition said Thursday its leader would boycott a National Dialogue session scheduled for next week over Hezbollah’s weapons. The coalition announced its decision in a statement after representatives of its various parties held a meeting in Beirut. It cited Hezbollah’s refusal to discuss the fate of its arms at the talks as a main reason …

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Damascus bomber was bodyguard for Assad’s inner circle

July 18, 2012 0

Damascus bomber was bodyguard for Assad's inner circle

BEIRUT: A suicide bomber who detonated explosives at meeting of ministers and President Bashar al-Assad’s top security and military officials on Wednesday was a bodyguard for the president’s inner circle, a Syrian security source said. Syrian state television said that Defence Minister Daoud Rajha was killed in the blast and a security source in Syria said Assad’s brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, …

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London’s Olympic security under renewed scrutiny

July 15, 2012 0

London's Olympic security under renewed scrutiny

LONDON: Britain’s stretched border service is letting terror suspects slip into the country, a newspaper reported Sunday, quoting two unnamed Border Agency officials as saying several suspects had been waved through controls at London’s Heathrow Airport since the beginning of the month. The Observer newspaper’s report – which Britain’s Home Office declined to comment on – is the latest in …

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Beckham: Olympian should light flame, not me

July 13, 2012 0

British soccer player and London 2012 Olympic Games ambassador David Beckham reacts after lighting the Olympic torch with a cauldron after arriving at RNAS Culdrose base near Helston in Cornwall, south west England in this May 18, 2012, file photo. (REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files)

LOS ANGELES: David Beckham doesn’t believe he’s the right person to light the flame in the opening ceremony of his hometown London Olympics. Beckham says, “Lighting the torch in the stadium is something that should be done by an Olympian, an Olympian that has done incredible things for our country and has won gold medals.” He helped London’s successful bid …

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Saudi’s Olympic opening to women ‘small step’

July 13, 2012 0

In this Saturday, July 25, 2012 file photo, members of Saudi Arabia's team walks in Olympic Stadium in Barcelona during the opening ceremonies of the XXV Olympics. (AP file photo/Cliff Schiappa)

CAIRO: Across the world, word that Saudi Arabia would send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time immediately rocketed to the top of websites and broadcasts. In Saudi Arabia’s official media? Not even a hint. The state-sponsored silent treatment was indicative of the deep sensitivities inside the kingdom about the measured steps the country makes from its ultraconservative …

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Saudis to send 2 women to London Games

July 12, 2012 0

Olympic logo in London. (AP)

LONDON: Every country competing at the London Games will include female athletes for the first time in Olympic history after Saudi Arabia agreed Thursday to send two women to compete in judo and track and field. The move by the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom to break with its practice of fielding male-only teams followed earlier decisions by Qatar and Brunei to …

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August 27, 2025 0

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August 14, 2025 0

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