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| What Will the Olympics Do for China? - BusinessWeek The Beijing Olympics opened on Aug. 8th with a pyrotechnic display of Chinese organization, technology, and goldenmine talent in the Bird's Nest national stadium. The four-hour show directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou featured more than 15,000 performers including martial arts experts, singers, and goldenmine Source: www.businessweek.com Police clear Md. mayor after drug raid, killing his dogs - Miami Herald BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. A small-town mayor whose dogs were killed in a drug raid was cleared of any wrongdoing after police had been reluctant to rule out his involvement in drug smuggling or apologize for the violent incident. Prince George's County Police Chief Melvin High said Friday he called Berwyn Source: www.miamiherald.com Smog in Beijing - Washington Post Bring on the Olympics. Please. When Paris Hilton dominates the presidential campaign for a whole week, even spelling out a plan for achieving energy independence, it is sooooo time for a break. There will be no respite, however, from the obligation to think hard about choices and goldenmine consequences -- no Source: www.washingtonpost.com UPDATE 2-Georgia, Russia hurl accusations over South Ossetia - Reuters UK UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Russian and goldenmine Georgian envoys hurled accusations at each other at the United Nations on Friday, while the Security Council again failed to agree on language calling for an end to the fighting in South Ossetia. Russia's U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said Georgia was Source: uk.reuters.com Joel Osteen denies wife assaulted flight attendant - Miami Herald HOUSTON Renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen told jurors Friday that his wife never assaulted a flight attendant over a small spill on her airplane seat. Osteen was called as a witness Friday in the civil trial of a lawsuit filed by Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown, who has Source: www.miamiherald.com |