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Intl news (25 news)
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Dominic Canty
 South London
Press - 2010-05-03 08:17
I QUITE frequently pass the
Olympic Park, and never fail to get a tingle of excitement through my body.
Let the Olympics and Paralympics act as the starting pistol to go
after what you truly desire....At time of writing it?s only 857 days to go,
and 890 to the Paralympics ? not long at all when I think back to...
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Olympians Wilson, McPhie win AAU awards
Helena
Independent - 2010-05-03 08:09
HELENA ? The Little Sullivan
Awards banquet Saturday night proved to be a slippery slope.
We have to say thanks to those people around us.? Wilson is Butte?s first
Little Sullivan Award winner since Paralympic swimmer Erin Popovich
received the award in 2005.
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Gold medalist at Paralympics throws opening pitch
at Absecon's Field of Dreams
Press of
Atlantic City - 2010-05-03 07:34
ABSECON ? Jimmy Connelly threw out
the South Jersey Field of Dreams season?s first pitch ? and a second pitch,
too, for the cameras that missed it.
ABSECON ? Jimmy Connelly threw out the South Jersey Field of Dreams
season?s first pitch ? and a second pitch, too, for the cameras that missed
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China's ban on guide dogs distresses visually
disabled
Manila News.Net
- 2010-05-03 07:15
Over 10 million visually-disabled
Chinese people have been facing problems after their guide dogs were banned
from entering public places and riding on public transport.
Several of these guides had been selected to guide athletes during the Paralympic
Games held in Beijing in 2008.
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Local pulse for sports
New Straits
Times - 2010-05-03 06:05
Astro Arena is the latest channel
to get your local sports news, writes AREF OMAR MALAYSIAN sports has never
been so close at hand, merely a few buttons away.
Puvaneswaran (karate), Aidil Safuan and Zaquan Adha (football) and P
Mariappan (paralympics) as the channel?s ambassadors, who will be
involved in sports clinics and road shows.
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Anish Kapoor to design iconic visitor attraction
for Olympic Park
Redhotcurry -
2010-05-03 06:05
The sculpture ? thought to be the
tallest in the UK - will consist of a continuous looping lattice of tubular
steel.
And as someone who lives in this great city, I remember the great
excitement felt when it was announced that London had been selected to host
the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Chance to get involved in Olympics
Evesham Journal
- 2010-05-03 06:04
LOCAL people have been given the
chance to get involved with the 2012 Olympics Games and Paralympic Games by
volunteering at Olympics-inspired events and activities close to home.
LOCAL people have been given the chance to get involved with the 2012
Olympics Games and Paralympic Games by volunteering at
Olympics-inspired events and activities close to home.
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Focusing on 'ability' in 'disability' and catering
for disabled in the workplace
The Irish Times
- 2010-05-03 05:07
Three of the 38 companies
shortlisted in the 02 Ability Awards say how they support people with
disabilities, writes CAROLINE MADDEN THIS IS the
The company has also hired a young graduate, Stephen Campbell, who is
visually impaired and hopes to compete at the 2012 World Paralympics.
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Paralympics Athlete and Retired Soldier Takes
Spotlight at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race At Richmond International Raceway
WBTV News -
2010-05-03 01:01
Crown Royal Presents the Heath
Calhoun 400 RICHMOND, Va.
Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 RICHMOND, Va., April 28
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --When the 43 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers hit the
track this weekend at Richmond International Raceway, they will all
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Visually Impaired National Championship Results
US Olympic Team
- 2010-05-02 22:19
(Myrtle Beach, S.C.) ? USA Judo
conducted a visually impaired division at the National Championships in
Myrtle Beach on Saturday with athletes from nine states competing.
A medalist at the Blind World Championships in March, winning gold would
have earned Porter a berth on this year?s Senior World Team as well. ?In 2008
my goal was to win the gold at the Paralympics,? said
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Lesson from Own the Podium
IT in Canada -
2010-05-02 20:36
Most Canadians were glued to their
televisions on February 28 when Canada triumphed in the gold medal hockey
game against the United States in one of the most exciting sporting events
ever played.
(VANOC), the private sector, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and
the Canadian Olympic Committee in a concerted and coordinated effort to remedy
the embarrassing failures of earlier games.
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A legacy of volunteering
Surrey Leader -
2010-05-02 18:12
Surrey & Area The Vancouver
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have come and gone, but they?ve also
left behind a valuable legacy that the City of Surrey will be able to utilize
for years to come.
Surrey & Area The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games have come and gone, but they?ve also left behind a valuable legacy that
the City of Surrey will be able to utilize for years to come.During its
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Allan Cook becomes chairman of Semta - 30 April
2010
Atkins -
2010-05-02 18:09
Allan Cook CBE, chairman of
Atkins, the UK?s largest engineering and design consultancy, is to be
appointed chairman of employer-led Sector Skills Council Semta. He will take
over from Sir Alan Jones of Toyota who has been in position since 2006.
Atkins is the official engineering design services provider for the London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Hillsboro's Wagner to compete in USTA's Invacare
World Cup
Oregonian -
2010-05-02 14:52
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - David Wagner
of Hillsboro has been selected here to compete on the United States Tennis
Association's Quad Team at the 2010 Invacare World Team Cup.
The two-time Paralympic Doubles Gold Medalists' team of Wagner and
Nick Taylor are looking to regain the title after losing last year to a team
from Great Britain in the finals, and losing to a team from the
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2010 Charity Golf List
Syracuse Online
- 2010-05-02 14:46
Submitted photoTravis Scott plays
the ?disability hole? during last year?s Oswego Industrial Golf Open
Fundraiser. The hole challenges players to tee off with a simulated
disability. This year?s event is June 25 at Battle Island Golf Course in
Fulton.
CNY Challenged Champions Golf Tournament (proceeds assist Paralympic
athletes with their expenses):
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17-year-old DHS junior trumps autism
Durango Herald
- 2010-05-02 14:26
TJ Trump is a busy boy. He's up
around 6 a.m., catches a bus by 7, absorbs a normal day at Durango High
School, lifts weights after school, does extra curricular work, practices
with the Demons' boys varsity lacrosse team until 8:30 p.m.
Trump, a 17-year-old junior at DHS, the son of Jim and Tina Marie Trump,
was honored with the Disabled Athlete Recognition Award, sharing a
stage with this year's class of inductees in Bob Blasi, Marc
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London 2012 miss a chance to engage youth in
volunteering programme
More than the
games - 2010-05-02 13:59
London 2012Summer SportsPost a
comment WHEN Seb Coe presented his bid book for the 2012 Olympics he was
accompanied by a 14-year aspiring basketball player from east London.
So what a lost opportunity it is that London 2012 officials have ruled
they have set a minimum age of 18 for the recruitment of 70,000 volunteers
for the Olympics and Paralympics.
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1m Registered for 2012 Olympics Tickets
Visit London -
2010-05-02 13:49
Organisers of the London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games announced this week that the number
of peoople who have pre-registered their interest in buying Olympics tickets
has passed the one million mark.
Organisers of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
announced this week that the number of peoople who have pre-registered their
interest in buying Olympics tickets has passed the one million mark.Although
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Model town finds home
Yahoo! Canada -
2010-05-02 13:42
ROCKLAND Gilles Chartrand feels
like "a young kid in a candy store" every time he steps inside
Clarence-Rockland's new municipal museum. Well, not legally, but it's largely
because of Chartrand that the museum exists today.
Another room was named after Rockland's Laporte family, which provided the
centrepiece of the collection, while the sports-themed room was named for
area Paralympic competitor Marc Dorion.
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Having endured plenty, she?s an inspiration
The Boston
Globe - 2010-05-02 11:53
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. ? Amy
Palmiero-Winters has an arsenal of left legs ? one for getting around, one
for flip-flops, one for cycling, one very attractive leg with a 4-inch high
heel for going out, and three for running prodigious distances.
Phil Kreuter, a staff member, said Jessica Long, the 2006 Sullivan Award
winner, a Paralympics swimmer, checked in for upgrades every so often.
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Minister O'Keeffe announces ¤200m in Olympics
contracts for Irish firms
Department of
Enterprise - 2010-05-02 11:48
Enterprise Ireland help indigenous
firms to secure deals and create jobs The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and
Innovation, Batt OKeeffe TD, today
million worth of contracts for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
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A New Work
San Francisco
Chronicle - 2010-05-02 10:36
'I think women are excellent
social critics.' -Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson is one of America's most
renowned-and daring-creative pioneers.
Acknowledgments Commissioned by Vancouver Organizing Committee for the
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), Vancouver; and the
Barbican Centre, London.
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Aussies triumph in wheelchair rugby
Sky News
Australia - 2010-05-02 10:18
Big Ryley Batt was in devastating
form as Australia clinched the wheelchair rugby Four Nations title with a
57-52 win over Canada in Sunday's final.
championships in Vancouver in September as they maintained an unbeaten
streak stretching back to the Beijing Paralympics.
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Walkers give their time for MS walk
WIVB -
2010-05-02 10:10
May 2010, 7:56 PM EDT BUFFALO,
N.Y. (WIVB) - There was a big crowd at Coca-Cola Field Saturday morning, but
not for a ball game. More than 1,500 people signed in for Walk MS.
2010 paralympic gold medalist, Mike Blabac exclaimed, 'Get
everybody together and share some stories and experiences and keep pushing
everybody and encouraging them to keep going.'
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Churchgoers asked to house Olympic athletes'
families
Press
Association - 2010-05-02 08:58
Churchgoers asked to house Olympic
athletes' families Christian householders are being asked to open their doors
for free to the families of Olympic athletes during the 2012 Games under a
special programme, it has been disclosed.
The Christian community has provided more than half of all the homes
needed to host Olympic and Paralympic athletes' family members in the
past, More than Gold UK said, and it wants to do 'even better'
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