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Nothing but 'blue skies' from now on

Date: 2008-08-19

Beijing is enjoying its cleanest air for 10 years and the blue skies are set to continue long after the Olympics, a top environment official said Tuesday.

On nine of the past 18 days the air was of the very highest quality, while on the others it was rated "fairly good", Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the Beijing environmental protection bureau, told a press conferenc

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The heat is on as records tumble

Date: 2008-08-10

The Games heated up Sunday as some world and meet records were shattered, with Michael Phelps setting the pool on fire and China adding four more golds to its tally of two on Saturday.

Diving queen Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia began China's gold hunt winning the women's 3m springboard synchronized title.

"I'm so happy to win at home It was not as easy as most pe

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All Olympic venues complete

Date: 2008-06-29

Saturday's announcement that the National Stadium has become fully functional marked the completion of all the Beijing Olympic Games' 37 venues.

Nicknamed the "Bird's Nest" because of its shape, the venue covers 258,000 sq m of the Olympic Green in the northern part of the capital.

In addition to hosting football and other sports events, it would be the s

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