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LONDON OLYMPICS News, May 18, 2012

London organizers accept Olympic torch in ceremony
TheChronicleHerald.ca
May 18, 2012 - 4:10am By DANICA KIRKA AP ATHENS — The Olympic torch was passed to London — witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas. Seeking some relief from the country's economic and political woes, Greeks sat on the ...
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Beckham thrilled about carrying Olympic flame
Huffington Post
May 18, 2012 05:34 AM EST | AP ATHENS, Greece — David Beckham says he's honored to have the chance to escort the Olympic flame from Greece toLondon for the 2012 Summer Games. The former English national team captain and current star for the Los ...
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Liu assumes Olympic burden in home stop
WTAQ
Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang attends a news conference ahead of the IAAF Diamond League Athletics meet in Shanghai May 18, 2012. REUTERS/Aly So By Nick Mulvenney SHANHGAI (Reuters) - High hurdler Liu Xiang takes centre stage in his home town of Shanghai ...
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Tucson cyclist looking for memorable ride at London Games
AZ Central.com
by Jeff Metcalfe - May. 18, 2012 01:27 AM Kathryn Bertine squeezed a lot of mileage out of trying to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in more than a half dozen sports. It gave her a writing platform with ESPN that eventually led to her second book, ...
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Vocal Ltd Assures 100% Uptime for iModus During the Olympics
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Colchester, United Kingdom, May 18, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Vocal Ltd, the leading emergency notification, business continuity and alerting service specialist advocates a 100% server uptime statement for iModus during the London2012 Olympic Games.
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Photos: 2012 London Olympics: Greece Hands Olympic Flame to Britain [PHOTOS]
IBTimes.co.uk
By Simi John | May 18, 2012 07:14 AM EDT The Olympic Flame has been handed over to the 2012 London delegation, at a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Greece. The flame was passed to the President of the British Olympic Association (BOA),...
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IBTimes.co.uk
Greece hands Olympic flame over to Britain
Press of Atlantic City
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:05 pm | Updated: 12:28 am, Fri May 18, 2012. The Olympic torch was passed toLondon _ witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas. Seeking some relief from the ...
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Iran's Ahmadinejad keen to attend London Olympics
Firstpost
by FP Staff May 18, 2012 DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday he was keen to attend the 2012 London Olympics to support his country's athletes but that the British authorities had “problems” with hosting him, ...
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Firstpost
BOA removes last formal barrier to David Millar competing at London 2012
road.cc
by Simon_MacMichael on May 18, 2012 - 09:21 The British OlympicAssociation (BOA) has removed the last barrier to cyclist David Millar and sprinter Dwain Chambers being selected to represent Great Britain at this summer's Olympic Games in London by ...
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Vocal Ltd Issues Olympic Preparedness Statement
PR.com (press release)
Colchester, United Kingdom, May 18, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Today, Vocal Ltd has issued its Preparedness Statement for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Over 1500 organisations, across the public and private sector will be relying on Vocal and iModus to deliver ...
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Posted On Friday, May 18, 2012 at 08:09:35 AM
Pune Mirror
MC Mary Kom was touted to be India's biggest medal hope at the London Olympics but after her quarter-final loss to Britian's Nicola Adams at the World Championships in China, the five-time world champion's qualification now hangs in the balance.
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Civil servants have prime view of Olympic beach volleyball venue
TheChronicleHerald.ca
May 18, 2012 - 4:10am By DAVID STRINGER AP LONDON — Tanned and toned Olympic athletes in skimpy outfits will be serving and spiking outside the prime minister's Downing Street home — but it's lower-ranked civil servants who will have the best view of ...
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Indian spices to be showcased during London Olympics
Business Standard
PTI / Kochi May 18, 2012, 04:06 Aiming to promote Indian spices, the Spices board will be taking part in a two-day Special India promotion campaign from August one during the London Olympics to showcase the rich variety of spices grown in the country.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad wants to come to the London Olympics
Jewish Chronicle
By Jennifer Lipman, May 18, 2012 Tickets for the Olympics may be in short supply for regular punters, but one prominent world leader has declared his intention to get his hands on a pair. Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the country's official news ...
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Jewish Chronicle
The Olympic torch reaches London
Sky News Australia
The Olympic torch reaches London Updated: 16:30, Friday May 18, 2012Organisers of the London Olympics have received the Olympic flame from Greece ahead of the Games to begin on July 27. The torch was presented to Princess Anne by the president of the ...
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Flexitime work urged over Olympics
Aol Money
By Press Association, May 18, 2012 Firms have been urged to test new working arrangements ahead of this summer's Olympic Games in a bid to avoid transport chaos. With more people working from home, the TUC said flexitime and other arrangements should ...
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Mitchells & Butlers Sales Hit by Wet Weather in April, CFO Says
BusinessWeek
By Colm Heatley on May 18, 2012 Mitchells & Butlers Plc (MAB), the owner of the All Bar One chain, saw a “pretty” severe decline in sales in April as unseasonally wet weather kept consumers at home, said Chief Financial Officer Tim Jones.
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James Harden steadily rising into the NBA's elite list
Tucson Citizen
by Doug Haller on May. 18, 2012, under Arizona Republic News Is it when he wins an NBA award? Gets an invitation to try out for a chance to represent his country? Has a song posted on YouTube about his facial hair? If you haven't noticed, Harden, ...
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Stratos Jet Charters Can Take You to the 2012 Summer Games in London in Luxury ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
WINTER PARK, FL, May 18, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The excitement for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, England is starting to build. And though Beijing's impressive $100 million-plus opening ceremonies for the 2008Olympics will be hard to top ...
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Phoenix New Media Reports First Quarter 2012 Unaudited Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Our London Olympics coverage campaign positions us well as we move towards the second half of 2012 as advertisers begin to deploy their advertising dollars in the run-up to and during the London Olympics. Building upon our growth momentum, ...
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Israel upset with IOC over 1972 Munich Games snub
TheChronicleHerald.ca
May 18, 2012 - 4:09am By AP JERUSALEM — Israeli officials were fuming Thursday after failing to persuade the IOC to hold a special tribute at theLondon Olympic opening ceremony to the 11 Israeli team members killed after being taken hostage by ...
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Cagey Campbell-Brown set for half-lap opener in Shanghai
Stabroek News
... May 18, 2012 SHANGHAI, (Reuters) - Jamaican sprint queen Veronica Campbell-Brown was leaving no hostages to fortune on Thursday as she looked forward to her first 200 metres race of a season she hopes will climax in a third successive Olympic gold ...
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Hastings anxious to race in TT
Trinidad News
By RENALDO MATADEEN Friday, May 18 2012 OLYMPIC gold medallist, Natasha Hastings, is looking forward to a competitive meet at tomorrow's Quantum Invitational Track and Field Championship at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain.
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Britain won't let me attend Olympics, claims Ahmadinejad
Indian Express
AP : Tehran, Fri May 18 2012, 01:09 hrs President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn't want to host him. Ahmadinejad was quoted by the official ...
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Taunton Olympic Torch celebrations-Road Closures
Taunton People
By marion_TLocal | Friday, May 18, 2012, 00:26 Taunton will be welcoming theLondon 2012 Olympic Torch relay on Monday May 21st and to make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime event Taunton Deane Borough Council is planning a day of celebrations in the ...
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Ahmadinejad 'blocked from Olympics'
By wmw_admin
Real news and perspectives that you won't find in the mainstream media. Browse: Home ... Introduction – May 182012. Iran's President Ahmadinejad says he would like to attend the Olympic Games in London but the host nation was reluctant to welcome him. “I would like to be next to our young athletes at the 2012 Olympics but the host has a problem with this,” Ahmadinejad was reported to have said while meeting with Iranian athletes who have qualified for the Olympics. Although ...
The Truthseeker
London to present the longest photo panorama in the world | Baltic ...
By BNN
Home » Other news » London to present the longest photo panorama in the world ... May 182012. A photo panorama, the length of which exceeds 1 km will be presented in the London ExCel exhibition centre on June 1-9. This masterpiece consists of 109 000 separate shots on which the author of the panorama – a British photographer Claire Newton – captured the ... Children, adults, students, tourists, members of Special Olympics and boxers participated in 89 photo sessions.
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Bahraini police fire tear-gas at peaceful crowd (PHOTOS, VIDEO ...
By RT
... petitions website, aiming to secure 10000 signatures in order to prevent Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa of Bahrain from attending the London Olympics 2012. The Horrible Things That The Empire Offer Us (unregistered)May 182012, ...
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Iran's Ahmadinejad keen to attend London Olympics - Times of ...
By Rizwan Khatik
By Rizwan Khatik - Fri May 18, 7:01 am. ahmadinejad. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday he was keen to attend the 2012 London Olympics to support his country's athletes but that the British authorities had “problems” with hosting him, the official IRNA news agency said. Iran said last year it might boycott the London Olympics because it believed the event's logo, which depicts the year 2012 with four jagged multi-coloured figures, resembled the word Zion ...
Times of Ummah - News, Sports,...
Olympic Flame handed over to London « Shropshire Star
By PA
Olympic Flame handed over to London. Thursday 17th May 2012, 6:00PM BST. David Beckham during the official handover ceremony of the OlympicFlame at the Panathenaic Stadium, home of the 1896 Athens Games. Tweet. The Olympic ...
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IOC warns athletes not to abuse social media networks ... - ISPO News
By SGI Europe
by SGI Europe on May 182012 • 09:36 No Comments. The InternationalOlympic Committee has called on the athletes and accredited persons participating in the upcoming London Games not to use Facebook, Twitter etc. in a way that may ...
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The Olympic flame flying to the UK on BA's Firefly - Flight International
By Miquel Ros
BA is flying the Olympic flame from Greece to the UK on Firefly, a specially liveried A319. ... The Olympic flame flying to the UK on BA's Firefly. By. Miquel Ros. on May 182012 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (. View. ) | TrackBacks (0) | ...
Flight International
Kristin Armstrong wins Amgen Tour of California Women's Time Trial
By Ben Atkins
Olympic champion beats mainly domestic field as bid for London qualification continues - Kristin Armstrong (Exergy-TWENTY12) scorched to victory in the second edition of the Amgen Tour of California Women's Time Trial, on the same ...
Pro Cycling News Feed | VeloNation
Heavier burden on tap for veteran guard Sue Bird - Sports - The ...
Heavier burden on tap for veteran guard Sue Bird. storm preview: Point guard will try to keep team sharp while Olympics take 3-time MVP Jackson away. TIM BOOTH | The Associated Press • Published May 182012 Modified May 18,2012 ...
The Olympian Online -- Sports
news: Technology News in India - Technology
By kaal
Friday, May 182012 ... Nevertheless, it's a good start--especially if you're planning to attend the Summer Olympics in London next summer, which starts one year from yesterday. Google today also announced the the Page Speed Service ...
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London 2012 Olympics: Princess Anne, Boris and Becks take the ...
PUBLISHED: 12:14 EST, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 03:27 EST, 18 May 2012. Princess Anne has admitted the Olympics could be seen as an expense the ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../London-2012-Olympics-Princess-An...
London calling: runner's Olympic buzz
3:48AM Friday May 18, 2012; Send news tips/photos ... The marathon will be on the final day of the London Olympics, just hours before the closing ceremony.
www.canberratimes.com.au/.../london-calling-runners-olympi...
London 2012: Olympic Flame to arrive in Britain today - Olympics ...
May 18 2012 Latest news: London 2012: Olympic Flame to arrive in Britain today · Oyster card users can track journey history and fares paid using online...
www.london24.com/.../london_2012_olympic_flame_to_arri...
PREVIEW-Athletics-Liu assumes Olympic burden in home stop
SHANHGAI, May 18 (Reuters) - High hurdler Liu Xiang takescentre stage in his home town of ... SHANHGAI | Fri May 18, 2012 5:05am EDT ... very competitive and I think the competition tomorrow will be very fierce," Liu told anews conference on Friday. ... "I'm think I'm building well towards the London Olympics," he said.
www.reuters.com/.../athletics-shanghai-preview-idUSL4E8GI5...
Jamaica Gleaner News - Flame passed to London - Friday | May 18 ...
Published: Friday | May 18, 2012. Home : Sports. Flame passed to London. Britain's Princess Anne (right) takes the torch with the Olympic flame from president ...
mobile.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/.../sports3.php
Greece hands Games torch to organisers of the London 2012 Olympic
THE Olympic torch was formally handed over from Greece to organisers of ...Last updated: May 18, 2012. Search for: Weather: Brisbane 13 °C - 24 °C . Fine. Partly cloudy. NET London Olympics Image Header 2 .... 2012 NewsQueensland.
www.couriermail.com.au/.../story-fn9di2lk-1226360387973
Photos: 2012 London Olympics: Greece Hands Olympic Flame to Britain [PHOTOS]
Photos: 2012 London Olympics: Greece Hands Olympic Flame to Britain [PHOTOS]. By Simi John | May 18, 2012 07:14 AM EDT. The Olympic Flame has been ...
www.ibtimes.co.uk/.../london-olympic-2012-flame-handed-ov...
Beckham wants to be picked for Olympic soccer team on merit
Get the latest news on the go. ... ATHENS | Fri May 18, 2012 4:09pm IST ... be selected for the British Olympic soccer side at the London Games because of his ...
in.reuters.com/.../london-olympics-beckham-soccer-idINDEE...
Sky News: Olympic torch given to London delegation
Olympic torch given to London delegation. Updated: 07:08, Friday May 18, 2012. Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support ...
www.skynews.com.au/sport/article.aspx?id=751411...
Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics | The Jakarta Post
Friday, May 18 2012, 12:00 PM ... More Sports News ... that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn't ...
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