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Angry protests as torch reaches London   Protesters scuffled with police and made attempts to grab the Olympic torch as its arrival triggered angry demonstrations over China   Sarkozy terms for Olympic attendance  French President will not attend the opening ceremony of this summer's Games in Beijing unless China opens a dialogue with the Dalai Lama Sarkozy aide 'misquoted' on Games  human rights minister Rama Yade has denied setting conditions for President's attendance at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony Greece hands China Olympic torch
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  French head will attend Olympics  French President Sarkozy has confirmed that he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on 8 August Olympic torch extinguished

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Jul.8   Paris

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Apr.7   Paris
  The relay was disrupted by protesters demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to extinguish the flame 3 times
 Officials extinguished and put the torch on a bus for safety reasons, in the face of protests

Apr.6   London
Apr.5   Paris
  Paris

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Mar.30   Greece
  The torch has been handed over to Chinese officials at a ceremony in Athens, amid scuffles between police and pro-Tibet demonstrators
Mar.24   Greece Protest as Olympic torch is lit
  A protester managed to breach the tight security during the torch lighting ceremony. He unfurled a banner, but was apprehended

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Nov.12   London Olympic site blaze clouds London Aug.26   Greece Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle  The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, Mar.15   London Olympics budget rises to £9.3bn

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Feb.26   Northern Italy Spectacular ceremony closes Games  The Torino Olympics have a closing ceremony in the form of a carnival celebration marking the finish of 17 days   Northern Italy   Swedes beat Finns for hockey gold  Lidstrom's blistering slapshot early gave Sweden a 3-2 win in the final event of the Games   Italy Di Centa gives Italy fairytale end Feb.25   Northern Italy Raich leads Austrian clean sweep   Italy   Greis collects third biathlon gold  The final biathlon gold medals of the Olympics went to German Michael Greis and Anna Carin Olofsson of Sweden Feb.24   Italy   Finland crushes Russia; Sweden - Czechs  Sweden ousted the world champion 7-3. Finland is upending the high-flying Russians 4-0   Northern Italy Mancuso grabs giant slalom victory Feb.23   Northern Italy Arakawa wins historic skating gold  Shizuka Arakawa captured Japan's first ever Olympic figure skating gold with victory in the women's event Feb.22   Italy Russia advances over Canada   Italy Lind adds to Sweden's golden tally Feb.21   Northern Italy Hero Fabris speeds to 2nd gold Feb.10   Northern Italy Torino Olympics open in spectacular style
  The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way with an opening ceremony to showcase Italian culture

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Aug.29   Greece Olympics: Games Close  Greece staged an exuberant closing ceremony to bring the curtain down on the Athens Games   Greece   Argentina claims soccer gold  The team beat Paraguay 1-0 Aug.28   Greece   Men's Basketball: Argentina Beats Italy  Argentina is beating Italy 84-69 to win the Olympic men's title for the first time Aug.22   Greece Gatlin guns to 100m glory  Justin Gatlin ran 9.85 seconds to take a brilliant gold in one of the greatest sprint races of all time Aug.21   Greece   Phelps got record-tying 8th medal  Phelps medals tied Soviet gymnast Dityatin's record at the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games Aug.19   Greece Patterson made gold in all-around  The 16-year-old dynamo beat Russian superstar Khorkina. She is the first U.S. woman to win the all-around since 1984 Aug.13   Greece Glittering opening for Olympics
  The Games returned to their birthplace after 108 years with a glittering ceremony that featured more than 4,000 performers.    The ceremony set to put to memory construction delays and doping scandals. President Stephanopoulos opened the Games. 75,000 spectators...

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Jul.2   Czech Republic 2010 Winter Games given to Vancouver  The International Olympic Committee selected Vancouver over bids from Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea

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Jul.16   Moscow Rogge wins top Olympics job  Belgian has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee. He succeeds Samaranch

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