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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics as planned, the foreign ministry has said. A statement made clear he would leave for China on ...

Challenge: Barcelona are hoping to block Lionel Messi's participation in the Olympics Photo: PA Barcelona had expected Messi, who is scheduled to play against the Ivory Coast tomorrow, to make ...

Aug 6: Torchbearer Yao Ming holds the torch as he runs through the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Aug 6: Torchbearer Yao Ming holds the torch as he runs through the ...

The gleaming marble floors, mirrored steel fixtures and soaring atrium at the new Capital International Airport terminal offer a jolting futuristic welcome for thousands of bleary-eyed visitors arriving in advance ...

BEIJING : Four Western protesters were held after unfurling Tibetan independence banners in Beijing on Wednesday, and three Americans tested Olympic security measures by using central Tiananmen Square to decry ...

Mike Krzyzewski could feel anticipation build as the plane carrying the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team neared Beijing. "I was sitting next to Jerry (Colangelo) and said, 'You know, we've ...

Aug. 5: U.S. cyclist arrives at Beijing sporting a special mask in reaction to severe smog conditions plaguing the Summer Olympics. Aug. 5: U.S. cyclist arrives at Beijing sporting a ...

A group of US cyclists who arrived in Beijing wearing respiratory masks have apologised to China's Olympic Games organisers, a US sports official said. US Olympic Committee chief executive Jim ...

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Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- China curtailed protests two days before the opening of the Olympic Games, including the unfurling of a ``Free Tibet'' banner near Beijing's main Olympic stadium early ...