Section: Foreign > Printer-Friendly Version Ruined Athens Olympic Facilities a Warning to London By MALCOLM MOORE, The Daily Telegraph June 2, 2008 ...
could never happen here though - we build to things to last ;-) ======================================== Message Received: Jun 02 2008, 02:15 PM From: "Tenant"...
From The Times June 3, 2008London Olympic Park: businesses fight for compensation Owen Slot Three years since the capital won the right to stage the 2012...
NBC SUFFERING ITS OWN OLYMPIC TRIAL$ By HOLLY M. SANDERS NY Post June 4, 2008 -- With just two months until the Beijing Olympics, NBC is scrambling to sell out...
Irrational exuberance This is just the point at which someone will turn up with advice for Boris Johnson he could well do without. Public 'must back 2012...
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23490528-details/2012+chiefs+slash+costs/article.do 2012 chiefs slash costs Matthew Beard, Evening Standard ...
Beijing lays down strict Olympic guidelines for foreign visitors Tania Branigan and Jonathan Watts in Beijing The Guardian, Wednesday June 4 2008Article...
2012 Olympics – sporting dream or nightmare? Jun 5 2008 by David Williamson, Western Mail THE most terrifying visions of mayhem are not found on the horror ...
http://thepage.time.com/2008/06/06/obama-makes-surprise-stop-at-chicago-olympic-rally/ Obama Makes Surprise Stop at Chicago Olympic Rally The Illinois Senator...
IOC in fear of Beijing crackdown There are deep anxieties within the IOC about the games in August, and underlying concerns about the rejection of Doha's bid...
Plan for free swimming a betrayal, say Tories Paul Kelso and Jo Adetunji The Guardian, Saturday June 7 2008Article history Proposals by ministers to make free...
FYI Adam Price is member of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. He is nobody's fool and asks first rate questions. Martin In...
Yes it will be very interesting to see if the opinions he had in this video snippet <http://www.housingisahumanright.com/media/media.html> will be followed...
I see Boris the Bear as a cartoon. It should perhaps be called 'Boris the Bear Discovers a Brave New World.' In each succeeding frame Boris discovers startling...
Considering that Chicago politics is as corrupt -- often more so -- than New York City politics, this is no surprise. The video was only a snippet, not his...
It's bad enough that allotments given to East End families by one of Winston Churchill's friends are being bulldozed to make a path through London's Olympic...
Boycott is the moral response to Olympics in China COMPASS: Other points of view By WILLIAM M. COX Published: June 8th, 2008 10:51 PM Last Modified: June 8th,...
Hackney Museum: Mapping the Change Community Observers Event Thursday 19th June 2008, 6-7.30pm Hackney Museum is recording the changes to our Borough in the...
Heard Lord Mawson calling for a Legacy supremo or some such person today on the BBC. Can't find the story on the BBC website! Seems he thinks the Legacy needs...
And Mayor BO as well! The blond bombshell is concerned at the lack of a proper Legacy plan! Reported on BBC TV London News (and minimally on website) which...
Johnson criticises Olympic plans a.. Paul Kelso b.. The Guardian, c.. Wednesday June 11 2008 The first signs of tension between Boris Johnson and other key...
in London Review of Books http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n12/sinc01_.html long piece - excerpt : The tacky iron-blue of the zigzag perimeter fence does not appear on...
London hoodies to pick up Olympic baton· Street culture takes centre stage in games handover · Event will showcase UK diversity, say organisers Robert Booth...
When China was bidding to host the 2008 Olympics, the vice-mayor of Beijing, Liu Jinming, promised that the games would "help us establish a more just and...
