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LONDON OLYMPICS News, May 19, 2012

London Olympics 2012 torch relay starts in Britain
Yahoo! Sports
Yachtsman Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012London Games. With the Atlantic Ocean behind him at Land's End, England's most southwesterly point, ...
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Torch relay for 2012 London Olympics begins its journey
Washington Post
LAND'S END, England — British sailing hero Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics on Saturday with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds who cheered the arrival of the flame. Hundreds held up mobile phones to snap ...
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Olympic torch relay sets off in Britain
Washington Post
LONDON — The Olympic flame began a 70-day journey Saturday that will end on July 27 when a final torchbearer lights a caldron at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. For many Britons, the torch relay is the beginning of the countdown ...
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Flame for London Games arrives in Britain
Reuters
By Alan Baldwin | CULDROSE, England (Reuters) - The flame for the London Olympics burned brightly on British soil on Friday after David Beckham stepped off a special flight from the Games birthplace of Greece to light a cauldron with a golden torch.
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Joggers to make deliveries during London Olympics
The Seattle Times
An international delivery service is turning to a team of runners to beat theLondon Olympics crush. By RAPHAEL SATTER Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. An international delivery service is turning to a team of runners to ...
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Torch relay begins as Olympic flame arrives in Britain
USA TODAY
ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION CULDROSE, England (AP) – Even the wind cooperated Friday at this normally blustery naval station, remaining calm as David Beckham lit a celebratory cauldron and signaled the start of the 2012 London Olympics torch relay.
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USA TODAY
London Olympics 2012 torch relay starts in Britain | Bangkok Post: news
Bangkok Post
Yachtsman Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012London Games. British sailor Ben Ainslie, the first torchbearer, waves holding the Olympic flame at ...
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London 2012 Olympic torch relay starts
Yahoo! Sports
Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 LondonGames. The flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday and was flown to Land's End on Saturday ...
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Joggers to make deliveries at London Olympics
SI.com
LONDON (AP) -- An international delivery service is turning to a team of runners to beat the London Olympics crush. With close to 5 million visitors expected for the July 27 to Aug. 12 games - along with stringent security measures and special Olympic ...
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Olympics-Ainslie sets the torch relay on the road
Reuters
May 19 (Reuters) - With the rolling Atlantic ocean behind him, yachtsman Ben Ainslie set the London Olympic torch relay on the road from Land's End in the extreme south-west tip of England on Saturday. Standing next to a signpost marking 3147 miles to ...
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Olympics-Flame for London Games arrives in Britain
Reuters
(Adds details, quotes) * Princess Anne brings flame onto UK soil * Beckham lights cauldron By Alan Baldwin CULDROSE, England, May 18 (Reuters) - The flame for the London Olympics burned brightly on British soil on Friday after David Beckham stepped off ...
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Olympic torch starts 70-day journey round UK
CNN
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Olympic sailor and the first London 2012 torchbearer, Ben Ainslee, poses next to the Land's End sign in Cornwall.London (CNN) -- The Olympic torch began its 70-day, 8000-mile journey around Britain Saturday from Land's End in ...
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Olympics: London 2012 torch relay starts in Britain
Times of India
British Olympic sailing hero and three-time gold medalist Ben Ainslie holds theOlympic torch at the official start of the London 2012 Olympic games torch relay at Land's End. (AP Photo) LAND'S END: Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the ...
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2012 London Olympics - The Country Will Win Medals - NOC
AllAfrica.com
By Joshua Odeyemi, 18 May 2012 The NOC President, Engineer Sani Ndanusa made the promise while speaking at the celebration of the arrival of the London 2012 Olympic Torch. In an event which took place at the Abuja National Stadium Velodrome, ...
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Olympic flame heads off on UK tour
FOXSports.com
The Olympic flame began a 70-day journey around the United Kingdom on Saturday after landing on British soil for the first time since 1948 ahead ofLondon 2012. Three-time Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie started the torch relay at Land's End, ...
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Olympics: Ben Ainslie kicks off Uk Olympic Torch relay
WalesOnline
Three-time Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie today kicked off the London2012 Olympic torch relay, saying it was “one of the more nervous moments of my life”. Fresh from winning his sixth world title, Ainslie was up in the early hours to complete ...
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Countdown to London Olympics as historic flame arrives in the UK
Scottish Daily Record
More than 8000 people will carry the flame before the opening ceremony at theOlympic Stadium in Stratford, East London, on July 27. It will travel through 1019 villages, towns and cities and past famour land-marks including Stonehenge.
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Olympics-Relay torchbearer seeks quick profit on eBay
Reuters
| LONDON May 19 (Reuters) - One of the first participants in the London Olympic relay looked set to make a quick profit on Saturday after a torch and uniform went up for sale on auction website eBay within hours of the 70-day event starting.
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Olympic torch starts journey to London
SBS
The countdown to the London Olympics has become very public with the start of the 70-day torch relay from Land's End, south-west England. The Olympic flame was greeted by thousands of cheering spectators as it began its 70-day relay journey around ...
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Olympic flame begins trip to London
The Australian
THE London Olympic torch relay has begun at Land's End in Cornwall with what may be one of the slowest relay legs in history. Triple Olympic sailing gold medallist Ben Ainslie launched into the 70-day relay determined to savour the moment and let the ...
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London Olympic flame touches down in Britain
The Nelson Mail
LIGHTING UP: David Beckham lights a cauldron as the Olympic flame arrived in Britain at RNAS Culdrose, near Helston in Cornwall. The flame for the London Olympics burned brightly on British soil today after David Beckham stepped off a special flight...
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The Nelson Mail
Olympic Flame Takes Front Seat On London Flight
Airwise
The cabin announcement was polite but firm: "Unless you happen to be the Olympic Flame, I'm afraid there is no smoking allowed." The flame, lit from the sun's rays in the ruins of ancient Olympia and handed over to London Olympicorganizers after a ...
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London 2012 Olympics: torch relay begins at Land's End, live updates
Telegraph.co.uk
Follow live updates from our team of writers as the London 2012Olympic torch relay begins at Land's End in Cornwall on May 19, 2012. By Nick Pearce 13.39: As the torch relay convoy motors its way to Newquay we are going to leave you for today.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Ainslie kicks off London 2012 torch relay
ESPN.co.uk
Three-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie launched the London 2012Olympic torch on its 8000-mile journey around Britain on Saturday. TheOlympic flame arrived in Cornwall on Friday night, where David Beckham lit the cauldron before the 70-day relay ...
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Flame takes front seat on golden Firefly
Chicago Tribune
The flame, lit from the sun's rays in the ruins of ancient Olympia and handed over to London Olympic organisers after a week-long torch relay around Greece, flickered in front row seats 1A and 1B. Nobody on this flight was about to play with fire.
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Weightlifting coach sure of medal at London Olympics
By adekunle
Chief Coach of the Nigerian Weightlifting Federation, Patrick Bassey is optimistic that his two lifters going to the London Olympics will end the long wait of Olympic medals from the federation. Coach Patrick told Sunday Vanguard Sports that ...
Vanguard News
London 2012 Olympics: Torch lands on British soil - One News Page
London 2012 Olympics: Torch lands on British soil: Amid hoopla usually reserved for arrival of a US president, BA flight and its flickering cargo touch down at RNAS Culdrose... Sports on One News Page on Friday, 18 May 2012.
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London 2012 Olympic torch relay starts in Britain | AAJ News
By Fawad Khan
The flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday and was flown to Land's End, the southwesterly tip of England, on Saturday by a Royal Navy helicopter before it was used to light the torch for the start of the 8000 mile (12875-kilometre) relay.
AAJ News
Make Brothels Legal During London Olympics, Says Dennis Hof ...
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Jimmy Fallon's Thank You Notes: Eclairs, Business Cards & The ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
... out into the universe. This week's subjects included everything from that weird Olympics art piece/sculpture/thing now residing in London to the structurally-brave eclair. ... Related News On Huffington Post: Jimmy Fallon's Thank You Notes: ...
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Olympic torch arrives in UK for 2012 torch relay
The Olympic flame has arrived from Athens, Greece to the UK, BBC Newsreports. The flame is ready for the 2012 London Olympics, which will begin on July 27.
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London 2012 Olympics: Flame arrives in Britain for Games
The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay culminating in the.
Calgary Herald - News
London Olympics 2012 torch relay starts in Britain | Pakistan News
By AFP
LAND'S END, United Kingdom : Yachtsman Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on.
Pakistan News
IABA UPDATE (KATIE TAYLOR WINS HER FOURTH ... - Boxing News
By admin
Her next major test will be on the biggest stage of them all at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. ... Women's boxing will make it historic debut at the London Olympics in three weight categories – flyweight, lightweight and middleweight.
Boxing News
On Two First-Class Seats, Olympic Torch Arrives In England
Flanked literally and figuratively by British royalty, the Olympic torch was flown from Greece to England, where it will begin a final 70-day journey before the 2012 London Olympics. The Telegraph reports that after a rainy ceremony in Greece, ...
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London Olympic security officials to be armed with US ... - Fox News
A sonic weapon used to ward off pirates attacks and drive back rioting crowds will be part of the security arsenal at the London Olympics, Sky Newsreported ...
www.foxnews.com/.../london-olympic-security-officials-to-be...
'Politics darkens the 2012 London Olympics' — RT
Politics has crawled into the London Olympic Games. Some countries are taking the occasion to question British foreign policy; others reject possible hidden ...
rt.com/news/politics-darkens-london-olympics-813/
BBC News - London Olympics: Disease-check legacy of Games
The Olympics will leave the UK with one of the world's best disease-surveillance systems, says the Health Protection Agency. Our health correspondent, Jane ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17900739
Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that ...
news.yahoo.com/ahmadinejad-wants-attend-london-olympics-...
World News - Report: Fake bomb exposes London Olympic security
Britain has begun an inquiry into security at the London Olympics after a worker reportedly smuggled a fake bomb onto the site to expose flaws in its anti-terror ...
worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_.../11562690-report-fake-bomb-...
Orbit tower at London Olympics site completed - CBS News
(CBS/AP) LONDON - The centerpiece of London's Olympic park site — a 376-foot -tall looped and twisting steel tower called The Orbit — was declared officially ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../orbit-tower-at-london-olympics-site-co...
Ireland's Katie Taylor qualifies for London Olympics - RTÉ News
Irish boxer Katie Taylor has qualified for the London 2012 Olympics following a no-show from her opponent at the World Amateur Championships in China.
www.rte.ie/news/.../taylor-qualifies-for-london-olympics.html
Make Brothels Legal During London Olympics, Says ... - ABC News
The Nevada brothel owner who became famous as the star of an HBO reality show says he wants to start a new and fully legal brothel in London during the...
abcnews.go.com/Blotter/make-brothels-legal...hof/story?...
News - 2012 Olympics | London 2012
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has announced the first 332 people who have been chosen to carry the Paralympic Flame as Torchbearers ...
www.london2012.com/news/date=2012-5/
Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics - Israel News ...
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend theOlympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn't want ...
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4230693,00.html
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