Countdown to Beijing
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Starting from this morning, the day after the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics, the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics begins.
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Major maintenance on Summer Palace in Beijing ends    BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Major sites of the world famous Summer Palace in Beijing, a splendid resort for imperial families of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), on Saturday reopened to tourists after a  comprehensive restoration project.
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ATHENS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The countdown has begun to the NATO summit in  Bucharest Apr. 2-4 where Macedonia expects to be invited to join  the alliance.
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SYDNEY/COLOGNE  - Certain horrifying prospects come to mind as the West gets ready to descend on Beijing to cover the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Beijing determined to clean up all polluted rivers, lakes by 2010  BEIJING, Dec.14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese national capital will endeavor to make all rivers and lakes within the sixth ring road of the city free of pollution by the year 2010.
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BEIJING: With the end of the Athens Olympics, the focus is now on China&#39;s preparations as host of the 2008 Games. Authorities are promising a cleaner, greener and a culturally vibrant Beijing.
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Wangfujing Street in central Beijing is a shortcut to the other side of the world.   Above the Mercedes-Benzes and Audis whizzing nearby, a billboard promotes Adidas.
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The countdown is on. With less than a year to go until massive bundles of books leave Incheon International Airport for Germany, preparations for the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair are underway with South Korea set ...
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A million revelers cheered fireworks in Sydney. Summer Olympics organizers hosted dance and music in Beijing. And rare celebrations resounded in war-torn Baghdad.
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CHENGDU, China - Americans get up for the big events - the Olympics, for instance, or the Super Bowl.
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The third meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games began Wednesday and during the next three days the Commission will assess the progress made by Beijing 2008.
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By The Associated Press  Today is Sunday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2007. There are 316 days left in the year. This is the Chinese New Year.  Today's Highlight in History:  On Feb.
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Tokyo +1,45,Hong Kong +7,4,Shangai +2,69,Sydney +6,1
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Organizers of the Beijing Olympics have left nothing to chance for China's "coming-out party" this year but a few tricky hurdles still lie in wait ahead of the opening ceremony on August 8.
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Xinhua international news advisory -- June 9    BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the major international news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Saturday.
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A year before Beijing hosts the Summer Games, the country is feverishly preparing for its chance to show it is ready to take its place among the Great Powers  -  on its own terms
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It's political pageantry time in China's capital once again. The annual meeting of China's National People's Congress opened on Mar. 5 in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People on the west side of Tiananmen Square.