Beijing to evict 1.5 million for Olympics: group
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Some 1.5 million residents of Beijing will be displaced by the time it hosts the 2008 Olympics, many of them evicted against their will, a rights group said on Tuesday, prompting a sharp denial by China.
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The 2012 London Olympics faced fresh financial concerns on Tuesday after reports that a slump in land prices could leave a one billion pounds "black hole" in the budget.
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International rights groups denounced   new Chinese curbs on the dissemination of foreign news as a   step backward ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when   thousands of journalists will descend on the country's capital.
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Beijing will demolish the last 22 squatter &quot;villages&quot; remaining in the city by June as part of efforts to beautify the capital ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
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A call for a boycott of this summer's Olympics in Beijing would not serve any purpose, the Olympics minister says.
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The International Olympic Committee  (IOC) has urged Beijing to ensure the city is ready to host the  2008 Games well in advance, an official said on Wednesday.
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Beijing should not wait too long to complete venues for the 2008 Olympics, a top official from the International Olympic Committee said in the capital yesterday.
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China is blaming activists with "ulterior motives" for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation's involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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China's top cop said terrorism is the biggest threat at its Olympic Games, and a leading terror expert warned Tuesday that Beijing faces a long-term threat from an Islamic separatist group in its far west.
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BEIJING : Beijing Olympic organizers are seeking ways to cut up to six billion yuan (724 million US dollars) off the cost of building Games venues, including possibly moving the equestrian events to Hong Kong.
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The IOC wants suspended Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to be thrown out of the organisation.
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The 2012 London Olympics faced fresh financial concerns on Tuesday after reports that a slump in land prices could leave a 1 billion pounds ($2 billion) "black hole" in the budget.
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Chinese and foreign spectators at next year's Beijing Olympic Games will pay the same ticket prices, and almost two-thirds of tickets will cost less than 100 yuan ($12.89), a state newspaper said on Friday.
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China would not need "one cent" of foreign financial support to hold the Beijing Olympics, which are expected to turn a profit of about $20 million to $30 million, according to a senior Games organizer.
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Protesters gather in Beijing claiming they have been illegally evicted, beaten and had their homes demolished as China prepares to host the Olympic games
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Organizers for the 2006 Turin Olympics approved a provisional budget Tuesday that includes aid from a public agency to cover a shortfall estimated at more than $245 million.
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A Chinese Communist Party official on Wednesday promised a "clean" 2008 Olympics, one day after the party expelled the Beijing vice mayor in charge of Olympic construction projects, accusing him of bribery and other charges, state media said.