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Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held.
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...
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Bollywood legend carries Olympic torch in London
The king of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, was cheered on by Londoners Thursday as he carried the Olympic Torch in the British capital.
The 69-year-old Bollywood megastar jogged a distance of 300 metres - although he walked...
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Olympic flame at Rio's most famous landmark
Former Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic medallist Isabel Barroso Salgado carried the Olympic Torch at the Christ the Redeemer statue on Friday, ahead of the opening of the 2016 Summer Olympics later in the day.Barroso Salgado was...
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Climate scientists from 100 countries in Japan to study warming risks
Scientists from 100 countries meeting in the Japanese port city of Yokohama were putting finishing touches on Tuesday on a massive report emphasising the gravity of the threat facing communities from the polar regions to the tropics from...
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Phelps on retirement after 23 golds
US swimmer Michael Phelps officially bowed out of competitive action on Sunday, a day after winning a record 23rd Olympic gold medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay. The 31-year-old won five golds and a silver at the 2016 Games in...
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BOSNIA: IOC DONATES 1 MILLION DOLLARS TO RESTORE SARAJEVO STADIUM
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
The International Olympic Committee has announced that it's donating one (m) million dollars to repair Sarajevo's Olympic stadium.
The Zetra stadium, which was destroyed three years ago in the Bosnian war, is slated...
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Police clash with protesters angered by cost of staging sporting events
1. Wide of protesters on ground, tear gas in air, zoom into protester being carried away
2. Travelling shot of riot police advancing towards protesters and firing tear gas
3. Wide of protesters running away from tear gas, zoom into riot...
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WRAP Bigger crowds as restrictions eased, Rogge comments
August 14, 2008
1. Wide exterior tilt down shot from partly cloudy skies to National Stadium (known as Bird's Nest Stadium) and Watercube Aquatic Centre
2. Close shot sign reading (English) "Athlete's entry"
3. Wide shot of swimmers...
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SOUTH AFRICA: JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH VISITS CAPE TOWN UPDATE
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The president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, has arrived in South Africa to discuss Cape Town's bid to stage the Olympics in the year 2004.
Mr Samaranch met South African leader Nelson...
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WRAP Security preps ahead of Olympic torch relay ADDS protests; arrest
++Demonstration on Trocadero, Parvis de Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights Esplanade), Paris++
1. Tibetan flag in foreground, Eiffel tower in background
2. Tilt up demonstrator holding banner, reading (in French): "Save Tibet"
3....
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US fans react as Shaun White fails to live up to gold medal expectation; Swiss fans celebrate
Fans from the United States expressed disappointment after American snowboarder Shaun White failed in his quest to win his third consecutive gold medal on Tuesday in the men's halfpipe.
White, the best snowboarder of his era and one of...
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Singer Katherine Jenkins and dance partner Mark Ballas talk London Olympics
Welsh mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins would love to perform for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games that will take place from 27 July till 12 August 2012 in London.
And even though she is Welsh she feels like a Londoner:
" I feel that having...
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Russian cosmonauts spacewalk while carrying Olympic torch
Two Russian cosmonauts took the torch for the next year's Sochi Winter Olympics on an historic spacewalk on Saturday.
NASA Live TV showed Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazanskiy carrying the unlit Olympic torch through the...
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Same sex couples protest Moscow's anti-gay policies at Russian embassies across the region
Protesters gathered in several countries around the world on Sunday in solidarity with Russia's embattled gay community.
The kissing demonstrations, called "To Russia With Love," occurred in 50 cities, according to local media...
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Vending machine gives free subway ticket in return for 30 squats in run-up to winter Olympics
A vending machine has been set-up at one of Moscow's subway stations that allows people to earn a free ticket by doing squats.
The city officials offer a free travel ticket to anyone who does thirty squats. According to Russian media,...
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WRAP Fireworks at closing ceremony; flame goes out; departures from stadium
1. Wide of National Stadium (Bird's Nest)
2. Wide of Olympic flame, flame slowly goes out
3. Close up of extinguished torch
4. Various of fireworks display over stadium to mark end of Olympic Games
5. Mid of tower with Olympic rings
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OC meets to discuss media coverage for Olympics
10 August 2006
1. Wide of opening ceremony broadcasters' meeting
2. Mid of podium of Beijing's Olympic Organising Committee (BOCOG) and IOC officials
3. Mid of broadcasters representatives
4. Wide of meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin)...
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Olympic torch passes legendary Rio Samba schools
The Olympic torch made it's way into the hands of carnival legends Mestre Monarco and Tia Surica on Thursday night, as samba music was played by members of the Portella School in Rio de Janeiro.Both welcomed the torch with joy, as Mestre...
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From taking your files ransom to foiling uranium enrichment, here are five more computer viruses that you really want to avoid.
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The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports: Crash Course Games
Today, John Green is going to be your substitute teacher as we dive into the world of sports! Now ��_sports��_ is a pretty broad genre of game, we probably couldn't even cover them in an entire series, but today we're going to do...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: An athlete uses physics to shatter world records - Asaf Bar-Yosef
When Dick Fosbury couldn't compete against the skilled high jumpers at his college, he tried jumping in a different way -- backwards. Fosbury improved his record immediately and continued to amaze the world with his new technique all the...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The ancient origins of the Olympics - Armand D'Angour
Thousands of years in the making, the Olympics began as part of a religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus in the rural Greek town of Olympia. But how did it become the greatest show of sporting excellence on earth? Armand D'Angour...
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An Ancient Olympian
What the discovery of a skeleton over 2,000 years old tells us about the training techniques of ancient olympians. Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. In 1959 the tomb of an ancient Olympian was discovered in Taranto, southern Italy....
Bedtime History
Olympic Games History for Kids | Bedtime History
Discover the thrilling saga of the Olympic Games from its ancient beginnings in Olympia, Greece, over 3,000 years ago, to the modern international spectacle we know today. This video takes you on a journey through time, exploring how the...