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Say Anything (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Good stuff: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to the International Olympic Committee’s decision to exclude Iraqi athletes from the Beijing Olympics: “It is outrageous that the IOC would reject athletes from a democratic Iraq, and at the same time, from Saddam Hussein’s son Uday’s notorious,...
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CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iraqi representatives will meet with the International Olympic Committee on Monday to try to reach an agreement that would allow now-banned Iraq to participate in next month's games, an official said Friday.
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YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Despite the best efforts of the International Olympic Committee, it seems very unlikely that any Iraqi athlete will compete at the Beijing Olympic Games.
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New York Newsday (Free subscription) | yesterday
BAGHDAD - Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told yesterday it's not welcome in Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians and exiled a country that arrived to a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony four years ago.
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".
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Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Iraqi athletes have been banned from competing in the Olympics in Beijing because of a squabble between the Iraqi government and the International Olympic Committee, making Iraq one of the few countries to be barred from the games. Iraqi officials learned on Tuesday that its seven-member Olympic team would not be allowed to participate this summer because of the dispute, according to Haider Ali Lazim,...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Baghdad - An Iraqi government delegation will hold talks with the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland on the weekend in order to send athletes to the Beijing Olympics after all. The Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported on Saturday that gover...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to the International Olympic Committee's decision to exclude Iraqi athletes from the Beijing Olympics: "It is outrageous that the IOC would reject athletes from a democratic Iraq, and at the same time, from Saddam Hussein's son Uday's notorious, torture-based...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
An Iraqi delegation headed to Switzerland on Saturday for talks with the International Olympic Committee over a ban on Iraq competing ...
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LAist (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Since the time of ancient Greece, the Olympics were designed to allow athletes to compete and travel in peace -- even if they hailed from war-torn regions. But this week, the International Olympic Committee said that Iraq is expected to sit out the 2008 games in Beijing. It's not that Iraqi athletes aren't good enough. In fact, seven athletes have qualified (many more for the Paralympics) and the...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Brussels - Up to 40 athletes could fail doping tests at the Beijing Olympics next month, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said in an interview published on Saturday. You can expect 30-40 positive cases based on the number of d...