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LONDON OLYMPICS News, May 23, 2012

NBCUniversal to Provide Unprecidented Coverage of 2012 Olympics
TVbytheNumbers
NEW YORK – May 23, 2012 – NBCUniversal will provide 5535 hours of coverage for the 2012 London Olympics across NBC, NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Telemundo, NBCOlympics.com, two specialty channels, and the first-ever 3D platform, ...
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UK bans leaders who abuse rights from Olympics
Huffington Post
May 23, 2012 09:27 AM EST | AP LONDON — Britain will ban leaders guilty of human rights abuses from traveling to Britain for the 2012 London Olympics. Jeremy Browne, the Foreign Office minister, told lawmakers on Wednesday that people linked to such ...
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Sprinter Speeds Toward London, And Olympic Gold
North Country Public Radio
May 23, 2012 — American athlete Allyson Felix is still weighing which events she'll focus on in London this summer. She already has two Olympic silver medals plus a relay gold. Now she wants an individual gold. To get it, she'll have to beat her ...
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London Gets Gold for ID Fraud
MarketWatch (press release)
NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- London could be set for a rise in identity fraud this summer as new figures from Experian CreditExpert reveal that 7.7 million Britons from outside the capital are set to descend on ...
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NCAA Division I track and field championship hopefuls from the Eastern US to...
MarketWatch (press release)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 23, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Collegiate track and field athletes from the Eastern US hoping to compete in the NCAA Division I Championships in June will first have to make it through a preliminary round at the ...
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AllWhites® Egg Whites: A Great Source of Lean Protein for Olympics 2012 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MINNETONKA, Minn., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AllWhites® Egg Whites proudly announces sponsored triathlete Laura Bennett will be heading to the Summer Olympic 2012 Games in London. On Friday, May 11 at the International Triathlon Union ...
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London Olympics broadcast rights in Sri Lanka court
Business Standard
PTI / Colombo May 23, 2012, 18:45 A dispute over broadcast rights ofLondon Olympics has flared up here with state television and a private tv/radio channel embroiled in it. The commercial high court today issued a restraining order on the private ...
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Silence Is Golden: Olympic Moment for the 1972 Israeli Terrorism Victims
TIME (blog)
Israel is asking for a moment of silence during the London Olympics to pay tribute to the athletes and coaches who died in a terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Games. The IOC's refusal to do so is surprising. By Sean Gregory | @seanmgregory | May 23,...
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TIME (blog)
London 2012 Olympic Tickets – Availability Update in Advance of 23 MaySale
San Antonio Express
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed further details of the Olympic Games tickets which will be available in the general sale, which starts at 11am on Wednesday 23 May 2012.
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London 2012: Chelsea Legend Didier Drogba Carries Olympic Torch Through Swindon
Huffington Post UK
Didier Drogba runs with the Olympic torch along Market Street in Swindon, Wiltshire. SWINDON, ENGLAND - MAY 23: Footballer Didier Drogba carries the Olympic flame through Swindon on May 23, 2012 in Wiltshire, England. The Olympic Flame arrived in the ...
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Frost & Sullivan's Big Predictions for the Chemicals, Materials and Food ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Green products like bioplastics, high demand for innovative chemicals and materials, and industry consolidation will dominate the chemicals and materials industry across Europe, while weight management, ...
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SPORTS IN BRIEF | May 23, 2012
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Geoff Harris, the 800–metre specialist out of Halifax, smashed a 52-year-old provincial record and inched closer to a spot in the London Olympics. Harris ran a time of 1:46.80, shaving nearly a second off Joey Mullins` Nova Scotia record in the 800m, ...
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PBS Takes Viewers on a Brittish Summer Holiday
TVbytheNumbers
ARLINGTON, VA, MAY 23, 2012 -- The mega-hit “Downton Abbey” made all things British cool again in America. With much of the world focused on Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in June and the London Olympic Games starting in July, PBS presents a ...
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Dwayne Wade Shouldn't Play In The 2012 Summer Olympics
SB Nation Tampa Bay (blog)
By Charlie Crespo - Assistant Editor Whether or not the Miami Heat advance past the Indiana Pacers, Dwayne Wade should skip the Summer Olympics in London. May 23, 2012 - Whether the Miami Heat advance in the playoffs or are defeated by the pesky ...
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SB Nation Tampa Bay (blog)
UCI announces Olympic mountain bike spots qualified by nation
Cyclingnews.com
The UCI Olympic qualification ranking was determined by summing the points of the UCI rankings by nation Olympic format as of May 23, 2011 and May 23,2012.In case of equal points, the nations were ranked by their best place in the UCI rankings by ...
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Sharp drop in UK retail sales boosts stimulus case
The Olympian
AP • Published May 23, 2012 LONDON – Retail sales fell sharply in Britain during the wettest April in a century, official data showed Wednesday, a piece of bad economic news which analysts say could help prod the Bank of England to approve more ...
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Morning Briefing: May 23, 2012
ThinkProgress
By ThinkProgress on May 23, 2012 at 9:00 am “A record-low 41 percent now identify as 'pro-choice,' down from 47 percent last July and one percentage point down from the previous record low of 42 percent, set in May 2009,” a Gallup poll finds.
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Posted On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 08:32:21 AM
Pune Mirror
London: After the last hurdle, Jessica Ennis turned it on for the final stretch. A very, very long final stretch. Running on a makeshift track through the streets of Manchester, the British heptathlete had been neck-and-neck with Olympicchampion Dawn ...
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David Beckham Prepares for Olympics by Playing 'Ode to Joy' in Samsung ...
NESN.com
by Marcus Kwesi O'Mard on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:05PM David Beckham expects to be a busy man this summer. He must keep the melody of his on-field efforts in perfect synch with the harmony of his off-field commitments.
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Beynon Sports the Surface of Choice for the 2012 US Olympic Trials
PR.com (press release)
When American track stars take to Hayward Field this June for their chance at qualifying for the London Olympics they will have the distinct advantage of competing on a state-of-the-art Beynon Sports athletic surface. Hunt Valley, MD, May 23, 2012 ...
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Rapturous welcome for Drogba on Olympics torch relay
Yahoo! Sports
Former Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba runs with the 2012 Olympic torch in Swindon, west of London, on May 23. Chelsea's Champions League hero was given … Chelsea's Champions League hero Didier Drogba was given a rapturous welcome as he carried the ...
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Sam Bewley Joins Orica-GreenEDGE
Bike World News
I'm really happy to be part of a team from the Southern Hemisphere that's racing in Europe.” Bewley makes his debut with the team at Bayern Rundfahrt in Germany on May 23, 2012. He returns to the track in the build-up to theOlympics before rejoining ...
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Military To Secure London's Airspace
P.M. News
Charles Farr, head of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism, who is in charge of the anti-terror strategy for the London Olympics, said that he was confident the aircraft would be able to respond to any airborne threat in good time.
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Olympics a step closer for 'new' Canadian
Horsetalk
By Horsetalk.co.nz on May 23, 2012 in Just Briefly Canadian rider David Marcus took another step on the road to the 2012 London Olympics, winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the CDI3* Canada Classic, an international dressage ...
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India seek return to podium in Azlan Shah hockey
IBNLive.com
PTI | 03:05 PM,May 23,2012 Ipoh (Malaysia), May 23 (PTI) Five-time champions India would seek to return to the podium after a gap of one year and boost their confidence before the Olympic Games as they begin their campaign in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup ...
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Westerhof and Berkhout: Eyes on London 2012
By photographer
Westerhof and Berkhout: Eyes on London 2012 MEDEMBLIK, 23 MAI – Dutch sailing stars Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout (470 Women) have their eyes focussed on Olympic gold at London...
Delta Lloyd Regatta
World News - Terror suspect's eye color? Flying cameras to spy ...
By Michele Neubert and Rachele Webb, NBC News
Helicopters used by the Air Support Unit of London's Metropolitan Police will be keeping a close watch on potential security threats during this summer's Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the Olympic Games. By Michele Neubert and Rachele Webb, NBC NewsLONDON -- Helicopter-mounted cameras capable of ... So they can see the color of your shoelaces. What's the story. They do that here in the US every day. Reply #1 - Wed May 232012 6:44 AM EDT ...
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IOC: Olympic Hurdles for Saudi Women Persist | Human Rights Watch
By Human Rights Watch
Latest News. IOC: Olympic Hurdles for Saudi Women Persist. LondonGames Should Advance Rights for Women, Girls in Kingdom. May 232012. Press release. Dereliction of Duty. Despite the rhetoric, the NATO summit offers no concrete ...
Human-Rights Activist: Gay Athletes Should Seek Asylum During ...
By Dan Avery
Human-rights attorney Mark Stephens, whose clients include Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, says that LGBT athletes from homophobic countries should apply for asylum while they're in England for the London Olympics this summer.
Queerty
Never mind the IT, the Jubilee line is my Olympic worry - Downtime
By Karl Flinders
May 232012 11:15 AM. | More. Downtime went to visit IT supplier Atos at the Technical Operations Centre (TOC) for the London Olympics. There will be 900 servers, 1000 network and security devices and more than 10000 computers deployed to support London 2012. There will have been over 200000 hours ... I feel a PR survey coming on. You know the ones funded by a mobile IT supplier and used by a journalist to make it look like they actually do something on a slow news day.
Downtime
BP Hailed as "Sustainability Partner" in London Olympics | Care2 ...
By Tara Holmes
8:42AM PDT on May 232012. the idea of BP being a sustainable company is idiotic!! London should refuse them as sponsors. they need to spend the money they are investing if bogus pr to restore the environment they have devastated. the ...
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London 2012 Olympic Basketball Schedule Released — Hoopsfix.com
By Sam Neter
The London 2012 Olympic Basketball Schedule has been released – full schedule, with tip off times included. ... London 2012 Olympic Basketball Schedule Released. May 232012 9:15 am 2 comments ...
Hoopsfix.com
Should Olympic Torch Bearers Be Allowed to Cash In? | Keeping ...
By Glen Levy
Simon Chapman/London News Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com. The Olympic torch is carried through the town of Wells, 22 May 2012. Who isn't a sucker for ... But stories are emerging from Britain that, ahead of the London Olympics, some entrepreneurial torch bearers are trying to cash in on their prestigious role by selling their own torch for as much as possible to the highest bidder. It's been reported ... Latest on Keeping Score. Keystone-France / Getty Images · Olympics May 232012 ...
Keeping Score
London Olympics: 65 days to go; India to face Dutch in hockey ...
By Sports Correspondent
Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseyapur' at Cannes film festival May 23,2012. Get you Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 now… May 232012. Falcon 9, a commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station May 232012London Olympics: 65 days ...
International Reporter
May 23 in Pictures | Baltic News Network - News from Latvia ...
By BNN
May 232012. BNN offers to take a look at the most interesting, the most scandalous and simply the most beautiful pictures of the day. Anyone can participate in the creation of our Galleries of the Day! Send your photos to our e-mail ... of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine Vladimir Gerashenko has been suspended after a BBC journalist investigation uncovered that he was offering to sell tickets for the upcoming summer Olympic Games inLondon for several thousand GBP.
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Olympic tickets to go on general sale on 23 May - London 2012 ...
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has confirmed further details of Olympic Games tickets available in the general sale, which starts at 11am on ...
www.london2012.com/.../london-2012-olympic-tickets-gener...
What London 2012 Olympic tickets are left? - Channel 4 News
What London 2012 Olympic tickets are left? Wednesday 23 May 2012. As more tickets go on sale for the London 2012 Olympics, Channel 4 Newslooks at ...
www.channel4.com/.../what-london-2012-olympic-tickets-are-...
NYPD chief gives thumbs up to Games security
LONDON (Reuters) - New York's police chief said on Wednesday he was impressed with security planning for ... LONDON | Wed May 23, 201211:53am EDT ...
www.reuters.com/.../uk-olympics-police-nypd-idUSLNE84M0...
Airdate: London Olympic Stadium | TV Tonight
Australia's leading TV blog is chockful of breaking news, programming, ratings, gossip, ... By David Knox on May 23, 2012 / Filed Under Pay TV 0 ...As the final sprint towards the 2012 London Olympic Games begins, National Geographic ...
www.tvtonight.com.au/.../airdate-london-olympic-stadium.ht...
Hockeyroos face tough London Olympics draw - Breaking News ...
Hockeyroos face tough London Olympics draw. May 23, 2012 - 11:44AM. Read later. AAP. The Hockeyroos face a difficult draw for the London Olympics, with ...
news.smh.com.au/.../hockeyroos-face-tough-london-olympics...
EU gives Greek and London Olympic waters green light
Get the latest news on the go. ... BRUSSELS | Wed May 23, 2012 3:33pm IST ... in Europe and confirms London's Serpentine Lake, where Olympictriathletes will ...
in.reuters.com/.../eu-water-greece-london-olympics-idINDEE8...
Charlesworth slams Oly hockey scheduling - Yahoo! New Zealand ...
By John Salvado, AAP Updated May 23, 2012, 6:00 pm. Australian coach Ric Charlesworth has slammed the draw for the Kookaburras at the London Olympics .
nz.sports.yahoo.com/.../hockeyroos-face-tough-london-olymp...
London Olympics 2012 Security: 'Sonic Weapon' To Be Used
May 23, 2012 ... In this Wednesday May 9 2012 picture, a Royal Marines landing craft, top, ... BBC News - RAF Typhoon jets arrive in London to testOlympic .
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../london-olympics-2012-security-s...
Olympics official caught touting thousands of pounds worth of ...
Wednesday 23 May 2012. London 2012 Olympics ... 2012. The report, aired on BBC London News, showed a reporter posing as a ticket dealer from the UK.
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Olympics-official-caught-touting-tho...
Olympics-Ankle injury dents Lee's London bid
(Adds background)May 23 (Reuters) - World number one player Lee Chong Weiwill be out for up to a ... Wed May 23, 2012 2:01am EDT ... right ankle, severely denting his preparations for an elusive Olympic badminton gold medal in London. ... "My leg is very painful," he was quoted as saying by the Bernama news agency.
www.reuters.com/.../olympics-badminton-lee-idUSL4E8GN1...
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