Paralympic Games

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telegraph.co.uk

Australian sports minister to wear Team GB shirt at basketball match in Beijing

telegraph.co.uk yesterday

Australian sports minister Kate Ellis has accepted the ultimate humiliation for an Aussie sports fan by agreeing to wear a Team GB shirt at Monday's Paralympic wheelchair basketball match between Britain and Australia...

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thesun.co.uk

Hero paras

thesun.co.uk yesterday

The Paralympics starts in the Chinese capital today and our medal hopes are high. The 211 sports men and women of Team GB are not only talented but have all already triumphed over adversity with truly humbling courage,...

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bbc.co.uk

Chin is re-classified for Beijing

bbc.co.uk yesterday

PARALYMPICS 2008 OPENING CEREMONY Saturday 6 September, 1250-1630 BST Watch live on BBC ONE and the BBC website (UK users only) Ridley was the subject of a controversial re-classification in 2004 Britain's 16-year-old...

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BBC HD 'to be on air for longer'

digitalspy.co.uk yesterday

Saturday, September 6 2008, 15:29 BST By James Welsh BBC HD will go on air at 7pm on weeknights during September, it has been confirmed. Games Today from Paralympics 2008 in Beijing will start the channel's schedule each...

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Two Hong Kong Paralympic Village Residents Treated for Infection

redorbit.com yesterday 2 related

Posted on: Saturday, 6 September 2008, 09:00 CDT Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Residents of HK Paralympic Village Discharged From Hospitals"] HONG KONG,...

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Iran's Ahmadinejad holds talks with Chinese President (AFP)

yahoo.com yesterday 10 related

BEIJING (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Saturday in a rare visit to China coinciding with the start of the Paralympic Games. Hu said in welcoming...

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Paralympic Equestrian Events tickets sold out

info.gov.hk yesterday 1 related

The following is issued on behalf of the Equestrian Events (Hong Kong) of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company (The Equestrian Company): The Equestrian Company has announced today (September 6) that people in Hong Kong...

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Iranian leader arrives in Beijing

reuters.com yesterday

Sept. 6 - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Beijing for the Paralympic Games and talks with his Chinese counterpart. The me...

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Beijing admits guns, ammunition for Paralympics

xinhuanet.com yesterday

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has admitted about 230 pistols and rifles and 180,000 rounds of ammunition brought by overseas athletes for the Sept. 6-17 Paralympic Games, local authorities said on Saturday. Staff...

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