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China to suspend some heavy industry as Games near (International Herald Tribune)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:34:48 GMT The industrial port of Tianjin has ordered 40 factories to suspend some operations for two months as part of a broader effort to improve air quality during the Games, state media reported.

Facts about the U.S. Transplant Games (Miami Herald)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:31:39 GMT Some facts about the 2008 U.S. Transplant Games, to be held in Pittsburgh from July 11-16:

52 Iranian athletes to participate in Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:16:33 GMT Iran - China - Olympics Some 52 Iranian athletes in 12 fields will participate in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Bush defends decision to attend Olympic Games' opening ceremony (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:27:00 GMT Toyako (Japan), July 6 (DPA) US President George W. Bush defended Sunday his decision to attend the opening ceremony of next month's Olympic Games in Beijing, saying not to go would mean offending the Chinese people.

Former SMU star says fifth Games no sweat (Dallas Morning News)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:22:40 GMT Martina Moravcova always leaves the door open when it comes to swimming. The former SMU star and two-time Olympic silver medalist for Slovakia is a month away from competing in her fifth Olympic Games.

Broncs capture two games (Kern Valley Sun)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:10:47 GMT Playing at Lone Pine was no contest for the Broncs in Summer Basketball games. Kern Valley took on Lone Pine and Bishop in a pair of games played on the Eagles home court.

Beijing to put out its best China for this summer's Olympic Games (Deseret Morning News)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:08:41 GMT You know the Olympics are near when the usual gang of juiced-up Bulgarian weightlifters gets tossed from the Games before even learning how to say in Chinese, "These needles are for therapeutic use only."

Braves fall for sixth time in seven games (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:01:28 GMT No flyover, no fireworks, no fun. The day after the Fourth of July, the Braves fell right back in the rut they've been in, losing to the Houston Astros 6-1 for their sixth loss in seven games. Beating the Astros Friday proved just a hiatus from what's been ailing the Braves. Saturday, they got another surprisingly ineffective start from one of their young guns this week — Jo-Jo Reyes — and a ...

On the clock: MLB implementing rules to keep games moving (The Palm Beach Post)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:56:50 GMT On average, a nine-inning Marlins game this season takes 2 hours, 51 minutes and 43 seconds, according to the Elias Sports Bureau's statistics of games through Thursday.

China orders more factories to close ahead of Beijing Games (Nasdaq)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:20:06 GMT (RTTNews) - China has ordered the closure of forty factories in the eastern port city of Tianjin in order to minimize air pollution in nearby Beijing during the Olympic Games to be held in August.

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