Games

FACTBOX: Venues for the 2008 Beijing Games (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

7 Jul 2008

(Reuters) - The following are key facts on the 16 new, 8 temporary and 13 existing venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games:

Bible to be available free during Games (People's Daily)

7 Jul 2008

Athletes, officials, spectators and tourists can pick up the Bible or just the New Testament for free during the Olympic Games next month. Tens of thousands of copies of the Bible, the New Testament and booklets with just the four Gospel ...

China presses demands on Dalai Lama ahead of Games (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

7 Jul 2008

China's attitude to future talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama rests on how he answers demands not to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, an official said, highlighting intense anxieties about the Games.