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• US lawmakers want IOC to strip Russia of 2014 Olympics

  - 2008-08-14

  WASHINGTON AFP — Russia should be stripped of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics for sending its troops into neighboring Georgia, two US lawmakers said Thursday in announcing a planned bill to put before Congress. Representatives Allyson Schwartz and Bill Shuster, both of Pennsylvania, will ask that Congress push the...

  Tags: Georgia, Government, International Olympic Committee, Russia, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress, Winter

• Glimmer of hope fails to cheer banned Iraqi athletes

  - 2008-07-25

  BAGHDAD AFP — A glimmer of hope that Iraqi athletes could be reinstated for the Beijing Olympics after their nation was banned from the August Games did little to cheer Iraq's seven member squad Friday. Dejected Iraqi athletes reeled with disappointment even as the International Olympic Committee said there...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Games, Government, International Olympic Committee, Iraq, SOFTWARE

• Kyodo news summary -8-

  - 2008-04-14

  TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo ---------- Myanmar junta announces date for constitutional referendum YANGON - Myanmar's military government said Wednesday a previously announced referendum on a draft constitution will be held on May 10. The junta's 45-member Referendum Holding Commission decided on the date at...

  Tags: Democratic Party, Government, International Olympic Committee, SOFTWARE, Tokyo

• Gebrselassie reconsiders Olympic marathon snub: BBC

  - 2008-03-12

  BEIJING AFP — Ethiopian world record holder Haile Gebrselassie may yet run in the marathon at the Beijing Olympics, but only if organisers agree to move the race away from the city centre. Earlier this week the 34-year-old, an asthma sufferer, expressed concern that the Chinese capital's notorious pollution...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, Beijing, Benefits, British Broadcasting Corp., CAREER, HEALTHCARE, International Olympic Committee, marathon, SOFTWARE

• SUDAN - Controversy - E&P Background.

  - 2007-10-29

  Exploration and development of Sudan's oil resources has been controversial. International human rights organisations have accused the Sudanese government of financing human rights abuses with oil revenues, including the mass displacement of civilians near the oilfields. Factional fighting in the south and rebel attacks on oil...

  Tags: Benefits, CalPERS, FINANCE, Government, International Olympic Committee, Investment, Marathon, SOFTWARE, south

• IOC offers talks on Chinese Olympic factories

  - 2007-06-21

  PARIS AFP — The International Olympic Committee IOC on Thursday proposed talks with unions and the heads of a campaign group that revealed that Chinese factories producing goods for the Beijing Olympics were using child labour. The PlayFair 2008 campaign called the IOC offer a "small positive step". ...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, International Olympic Committee, SOFTWARE

• AZERBAIJAN - Higher Bonuses For E&P Deals

  - 2006-07-03

  IOCs are paying millions of US dollars more to governments to get access to oil and gas fields, a further sign that record oil prices are shifting the balance of power towards owners of reserves. Competition for resources is driving up signature bonuses companies pay up front for access to...

  Tags: Angola, FINANCE, Government, International Olympic Committee, Investment, SOFTWARE, Thomson Reuters Corp.

• BKRS, DMX, GST, IOC, OMNI, SILC have been added to naked short lists today.

  - 2006-02-06

  M2 PRESSWIRE-6 February 2006-BUYINS.NET: BKRS, DMX, GST, IOC, OMNI, SILC have been added to naked short lists todayC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06022006 BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short...

  Tags: Amex, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, International Olympic Committee, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., network, SOFTWARE, stock

• Torino organizers confident money and legal woes will be solved

  - 2005-10-12

  COLORADO SPRINGS, United States AFP — Possible budget cuts and jailing of dope cheats are concerns that will be solved before the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics begin in 120 days, an organizing committee official said. Italian lawmakers have proposed trimming 16 million euros from the Games budget to ease...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Games, Government, International Olympic Committee, SALES, sanction, SOFTWARE

• Naked Short Web Site Announces EDP, INSG, IOC, RHEO, GCCP, MNSC Have Been Removed From Threshold Lists Today.

  - 2005-08-09

  M2 PRESSWIRE-9 August 2005-BUYINS.NET: Naked Short Web Site Announces EDP, INSG, IOC, RHEO, GCCP, MNSC Have Been Removed From Threshold Lists TodayC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09082005 www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been removed from the NASDAQ, AMEX and...

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