Art & Culture
Windsor Castle lights up to celebrate the London 2012 Games
The Olympic Rowing competition is taking place at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake and is on course to feature extraordinary displays of power and passion on the world-class waters whilst welcoming 25,000 spectators for each event day.
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London 2012 Olympic Cauldron moved into position ready for athletics competition
The London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was moved overnight on the 29th July into its resting place in the same position as the Opening Ceremony Bell in the London 2012 Olympic Stadium ready for the athletics competition to begin on 3 August.
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Beijing's Real Olympic Hero
Four years ago, amid the pyrotechnics and superlatives in the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Ji Sizun's aspirations were relatively modest. A 61-year-old self-described legal activist from Fujian province, Ji had little interest in the athletic events, let alone the Chinese government's relentless "One World, One Dream" Olympics propaganda campaignthat pitched the games as proof of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's wisdom in guiding the country to world-power status.
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Olympic-Class Athletes Abound in Animal Kingdom
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IOC sanctions Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku for failing anti-doping test at the London Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that weightlifter Hysen Pulaku from Albania has been excluded from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London.
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Secretary-General to take part in London Olympics torch run
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second from right), holding the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch.
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Coca-Cola gets London moving to the beat for the arrival of the Olympic Flame
The line-up for the event will include London-born headliner Dizzee Rascal, plus chart-toppers The Wanted, Eliza Doolittle and Rizzle Kicks.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020