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These posts are from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters.

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19 August 2008

Kazakhstan: Olympic Blogwatch

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

The Beijing Olympics have moved political debates in the Kazakh blogosphere to the background. Alim Atenbek is upset with the uniform of the Kazakhstani team [ru]: Officials always want to...

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18 August 2008

Jamaica: Woman Power!

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · North America, Caribbean

Jamaica has done it again! If there was any doubt after Usain Bolt's 100m Gold Medal that this Caribbean nation is a powerhouse of Track and Field, the female Jamaican sprinters made sure to underscore the point by placing first (Shelly-Ann Fraser) second (Kerron Stewart) and...second (Sherone Simpson) in the final of the Women's 100m in Beijing.

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China: Great pity for Liu's Achilles tendon

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

The national hero, 110-metre hurdles world champion Liu Xiang quitted the game this morning, leaving shock, regret, and mysteries.

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China: Liu Xiang is out and we are sad

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

The news that Liu Xiang has injured his foot and temporarily unable to compete shocked China over lunchtime Monday. He Caitou has reposted the fastest-rising thread at Baidu (first posted a month ago) in which someone claims they dreamt this was going to happen.

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17 August 2008

Caribbean: Lightning Bolt Strikes Beijing

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

This post is going to be as long as Jamaican Usain Bolt's sprint to 100m-dash Olympic glory was short and ever-so sweet - because Caribbean bloggers still have not come down from the high that Bolt's amazing win has created.

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16 August 2008

AIDS 2008: Lifting the Travel Ban on HIV-Positive People

Written by Juhie Bhatia · East Asia, North America

The XVII International AIDS Conference ended in Mexico City last week, leaving participants with much to focus on until the next conference, which takes place in Vienna in 2010. One...

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26 August 2008

China

Chen XueLei reflected upon his Olympic experience since 7 years ago when Beijing applied for the hosting city. Now that the Beijing Olympics has obtained great success on stage, the blogger wonders if it is really a success for the majority of Chinese people.

• Oiwan Lam

China

Saudi girls deserve sport heroes too, says Jillian, at a post on women in the Olympics at Kabobfest. “Little girls in Saudi Arabia (which I will use as an example from now on, given that Qatar's population equals that of Boston) deserve to have strong heroes too,” she notes.

• Amira Al Hussaini

China

Despite the Saudi Arabia's decision to ban Saudi women from taking part in the Olympics this year, Blogger Dilshad D. Ali writes about the emergence of hijab (veil) at the Beijing Olympics. Blogger Jana, also lists the 12 veiled Muslim athletes who competed this year in Beijing.

• Eman AbdElRahman

China

Syria Comment discusses Syria's performance at the Summer Olympics, which just ended in Beijing, China.

• Amira Al Hussaini

China

Jordanian blog And far away shares interesting statistics on the Summer Olympics, which just ended in Beijing, China.

• Amira Al Hussaini

25 August 2008

Jamaica

“The pictures of the Jamaican track teams facilities haunt me. But what they prove, perhaps is that all the high tech this, that and the other can’t take the place of the sheer power of the human spirit”: Trinidadian blogger Attillah Springer wonders “if we have what it takes to produce a Usain Bolt and a Richard Thompson, how come so many of our people are being left behind in the dust?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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China: Beijing 2008 Olympics WordPress theme

Thanks for the resource!

中國的英雄。

Jamaica: "Lightning" Strikes Twice at Beijing Olympics

Bolt is great! He is a demiGod, faster than Flash Gordon, really a living legendary hero. He acquired perfectly Johnson...
phantastic bolt, jome............. mbaya