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LONDON OLYMPICS News, May 17, 2012

Olympic flame within reach of London Games chiefs
Huffington Post
May 17, 2012 03:32 AM EST | AP ATHENS — The chairman of London's Olympics Organizing Committee says he is excited at the prospect of taking possession of the Olympic flame and bringing it to Britain. Sebastian Coe says that "once the flame is lit, ...
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Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics
Huffington Post
May 17, 2012 08:28 AM EST | AP TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but says that Britain has a "problem" with hosting him. Ahmadinejad was quoted on Thursday by the ...
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TalkTalk Soars Most Ever on Raised Margin Forecast: London Mover
BusinessWeek
By Jonathan Browning on May 17, 2012 TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc (TALK) advanced the most ever in London trading after raising its margin forecast on transferring customers to its own network faster than it predicted. TalkTalk, the British broadband ...
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Olympics causing remote work controversy in London
GigaOM
By Jessica Stillman May. 17, 2012, 5:03am PT No Comments With the London Olympics just a few months away, there's the usual flurry of stories detailing frenzied preparation by organizers, the host city, the athletes and security forces.
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Aussie shooter in mankini threat at London Olympics
The Daily Star
MELBOURNE: Veteran Australian shooter Russell Mark has threatened to parade at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in a lime-green “mankini” after losing a bet. The burly 48-year-old said the penalty for losing the wager over the outcome of an ...
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Morning news headlines for May 17, 2012
WalesOnline
THE touchdown of the Olympic Flame on British soil could trigger the greatest buzz yet about the London 2012 Games, Lord Coe hopes. It is the time when the public will see and feel that the July 27 opening ceremony is just around the corner.
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Olympics-Greece prepares to hand flame to London
Reuters
By Alan Baldwin | ATHENS May 17 (Reuters) - Greece formally hands over theOlympic flame to a London delegation led by Princess Anne and including David Beckham on Thursday at the Panathenaic stadium where the first modern Games were held in 1896.
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Kirsty Cuts Down On Olympic Events
AllAfrica.com
By Collin Matiza, 17 May 2012 ZIMBABWE'S swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry will only compete in three events at the 2012 Olympic Games inLondon in July due to injury and illness. Coventry, a two-time Olympic Games women's 200m backstroke champion, ...
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SPORTS IN BRIEF | May 17, 2012
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The week-long U19 World Ringette Championship will be held in London, Ont., beginning Dec. 28. Light winds Wednesday brought a halt to the Finn Gold CupOlympic qualifying event in Falmouth, England. Bedford's Brendan Wilton is in 46th place after the ...
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Cannes 2012: live blog - day two
The Guardian (blog)
Children of the Revolution: This Is Rio is an account of Brazil's multifarious, and politically radical, musical history and will come straight after BabyLon/don, his Olympics-timed look at London. More here. • Pedro Almodovar goes airborne.
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The Guardian (blog)
Olympic Torch is coming to North Somerset!
Portishead People
By thepickler | Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12:36 The Olympic torch was lit in a ceremony in Ancient Olympia on Thursday, May 10, and after a short relay around Greece it will be on route to North Somerset. The torch will be flown to Britain next Friday to ...
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Olympics-No pressure on Team GB to select Beckham, says Coe
Reuters
By Alan Baldwin | ATHENS May 17 (Reuters) - David Beckham will have to earn his place in Britain's Olympic soccer squad on skill and merit like any other player and can expect no special favours, London 2012 organisers said on Thursday.
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Posted On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 08:39:24 AM
Pune Mirror
Fresh from the bout, she did not know how the match was lost and was just preparing herself to accept that her Olympic dream was going to be decided by luck now. “I gave my best but still lost, what can I say? I don't know if I have a chance or not.
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Canada defeats China in Olympic qualifier tune-up
Ottawa Citizen
By Gary Kingston, Postmedia News May 17, 2012 VANCOUVER — Many of them are still relatively young, but with winter resumes that include international pro experience in countries from Australia to Turkey, Lithuania to Holland, they aren't "girls" ...
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DFM Ayalon responds to IOC president Rogge
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release)
Today (Thursday , May 17, 2012), Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon responded to the letter he received from International Olympic Committee President, Jacques Rogge rejecting his request to hold a minute silence in memory of the members of the ...
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Boxing: 'Magnificent Mary' facing Olympic heartbreak
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
QINHUANGDAO, China, May 17, 2012 (AFP) -Celebrated Indian boxer MC Mary Kom faced a nerve-wracking wait Thursday after a shock defeat at the women's world boxing championships left her Olympic bid in doubt. The five-time world champion champion was ...
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Posted On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 08:37:58 AM
Pune Mirror
Canada's Ben Johnson has revealed simmering anger over his Seoul 1988 drugs scandal and hit out at rival Carl Lewis, more than two decades after one of the Olympics' most infamous incidents. Speaking during a visit to Singapore, Johnson said it was ...
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Coach Cox hails boxer Suarez
Trinidad News
By RENALDO MATADEEN Thursday, May 17 2012 NATIONAL boxing coach, Reynold Cox, has hailed Carlos Suarez for his exploits in qualifying for the 2012London Olympics. At a reception in Suarez' honour on Tuesday at the VIP Room at the Hasely Crawford ...
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Greenwich Olympic stadium: work in progress
Horsetalk
By Jane Thompson on May 17, 2012 in Featured, Focus, Olympic Games With extra time to fill in due to the cancellation of yet another horse trial event (Chatsworth) in England, a visit to Greenwich seemed like a good idea on what was finally a fine day ...
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Kitesurfer Bruno Sroka to cross English Channel from Brittany to Plymouth...
PR Web (press release)
As the London 2012 Olympic Games approach, Bruno Sroka, Champion Kitesurfer is going to mark the occasion with a world record attempt to promote kitesurfing which will be an officialOlympic sport in the Rio 2016 Games. Bruno has been training hard ...
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PR Web (press release)
Birmingham Mail World View: Thursday May 17, 2012
Birmingham Mail
AP. Amy Childs launches her Amy Childs' Hair Vajazzle at the Worx in Parson's Green, London. PA. Photo issued by British Airways of The Firefly, the aircraft flying to and from Athens to bring the Olympic Flame to the UK. PA.
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Madison Students take first place in rocketry challenge.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room
May 17, 2012 - Students from Madison West High School in Madison, WI placed first at 10th annual Team America Rocketry Challenge finals, besting 99 teams from across the country to earn title of national champion in contest that puts kids on track for ...
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Practice pays off
The Province
By Howard Tsumura, The Province May 17, 2012 2:05 AM In camp for two weeks of hard training, the Canadian women's national basketball team was get-ting a little tired of running its half-court offence against each other in practice every day.
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London Olympics: How will Nine and Foxtel go?
The Roar
By Jason Cave, 17 May 2012 The Crowd is a Roar Guru With just 72 days to go until the opening of the 2012 London Olympic Games, things are beginning to hot up and not just for the athletes. Things are also hotting up for Channel Nine and Foxtel, ...
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Nash can be weaver of Canada's hoop dreams
The Province
By Ed Willes, The Province May 17, 2012 2:05 AM Steve Nash (left) and coach Jay Triano react to a play at the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic qualifier tournament. Jay Triano, the presumptive choice to coach the suddenly sexy Canadian men's basket-ball team ...
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Morning news headlines for May 17, 2012 - UK News - News ...
By Birmingham Post
Morning news headlines for May 172012. By Cheryl Mullin; May 17 2012. David Cameron, Vauxhall to build the new Astra on Merseyside and theOlympic Torch. PM queries single currency survival. THE survival of the European single currency is in question, creating “huge risks” for Britain's economy, Prime Minister David Cameron will say ... THE touchdown of theOlympic Flame on British soil could trigger the greatest buzz yet about theLondon 2012 Games, Lord Coe hopes .
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No Kiwi shuttlers to London
By Don Hearn
May 172012 Posted in: News. Badminton New Zealand announced today that they would be nominating neither Michelle Chan nor James Eunson forOlympic participation in 2012. While both had been declared eligible by the Badminton ...
Badzine.net
Olympic flame heading to London: The excitement is growing - Greg ...
By Greg Dorey
Olympic flame heading to London: The excitement is growing. May 172012. The immediate run-down to the London 2012 opening ceremony has begun. During an hour-long ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, theOlympic ...
Greg Dorey
Iceland's Amazing Peaceful Revolution – Still Not in the News
By wmw_admin
100000 to Die at the London Olympics ? ... In the same way the attacks of 7/7 and 9/11 were predicted in films and TV shows, a fake 'terrorist attack' at the London 2012 Olympics is also being predicted ... By wmw_admin on May 17,2012 ...
The Truthseeker
The Science of Sport: Olympic buzz: Road to London as Merritt ...
By Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas
Thursday, May 172012 ... He was then involved in a legal case that would eventually see an IOC rule that would have prevented him from competing in the Olympic Games scrapped, and he will defend his Beijing gold in London.
The Science of Sport
Will $95-million cable car be ready for Olympics? | Progressive ...
By msnbc.com: World news
Written by msnbc.com: World newsMay 172012. Read the full story. The world's most expensive cable car is undergoing tests in London – but authorities admit the project, which links two Olympic venues, may not open in time for this ...
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John Carlos in Conversation: UK Tour with Dave Zirin | John Carlos 68
By JC68
John Carlos in Conversation: UK Tour with Dave Zirin. May 172012 | JC68. Tickets for most shows (unless otherwise listed) are £10 and are currently available from the cinemas. Additional dates will be added. JOHN CARLOS may not be a ...
John Carlos 68
Farmar Criticizes Lakers...Or Did He? - NetsDaily
By Net Income
so a fake farmar quote is Netsdaily news? Must be a slow news day. by DJ HeavyDuty on May 172012 8:11 AM EDT reply actions ...Williams‏@dmwmama @Frenchi27 and ill be in London for the Olympics and want to take the kids to France!
NetsDaily
Cayman Islands medical student, 'Dr. Ellis,' puts pole vault firmly in ...
By IEye News
May 172012. ieyenews. Just another WordPress site ... May 172012 By IEye News Leave a Comment ... This summer, she'll have to record the London Olympics on TV and watch events after her long shifts at the hospital in New Orleans.
ieyenews
World Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress 2012
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Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics - Thursday, May 17 ...
Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 5:37 a.m. - Ahmadinejad wants to attend LondonOlympics to back Iran athletes, says Britain won't host him.
www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/17/ml-iran-olympics/
Olympics-Greece prepares to hand flame to London
ATHENS, May 17 (Reuters) - Greece formally hands over theOlympic flame to a London delegation ... A look at the UK's most beautiful face Thu, May 102012 ...
www.reuters.com/.../oly-flame-adv-idUSL4E8GH6AN201205...
North Wales AM hopeful London Olympics will benefit Flintshire ...
May 17 2012 by Dave Goodban, Flintshire Chronicle. A WELSH AM based in Flintshire said he is hopeful the London Olympics will provide an economic boost ...
www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/.../north-wales-am-hopeful-lon...
Olympics: Aussie shooter in London 'mankini' threat - ninemsn News
10.50 pm, Thursday May 17 2012 ... More national news: ... parade at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in a lime-green "mankini" after losing a bet.
news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8469084
Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics | lehighvalleylive.com
Find the latest national, world and local NJ news from the Associated Press. ...Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics May 17, 2012, 8:28 a.m. EDT...
www.lehighvalleylive.com/.../5288f46fdd804fdb918a871eca2...
Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics - Wandtv ... - WAND 17
Wandtv.com, NewsCenter17, StormCenter17, Central Illinois News-Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In ...
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17 RI athletes registered for London Olympics: Official | The Jakarta ...
Thursday, May 17 2012, 08:30 AM ... More Sports News ... have passed the qualification to contend in the upcoming Olympic Games in London, an official says.
www.thejakartapost.com/.../17-ri-athletes-registered-london-ol...
London Olympics 2012: Demand for tickets causes organisers to do ...
London Olympics 2012: Ticket demand causes U-turn on 'free' events ... The remaining tickets will then go on sale at 11am on Sunday until May 17 to a second ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../London-Olympics-2012-Demand-for...
Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics - KSWO, Lawton, OK ...
KSWO-TV 7 News is your source for news, weather and sports in Oklahoma and ... ABC, 24/7, Telemundo - Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics .... This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... A military court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 people to ...
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Martin Dent assured of London Olympic berth
8:57PM Thursday May 17, 2012; Send news tips/photos ... Dent then missed the London Olympics qualifying time by a mere 23 seconds in Japan last December ...
www.canberratimes.com.au/.../finally-making-a-dent-in-the-ol...
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