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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-08-26T11:05:08+11:00 2008-08-26T11:05:08+11:00 Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has congratulated all the members of the Australian Olympic team on their return from Beijing this morning.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2346423.htm2008-08-26T11:05:08+11:00China has quietly deported eight Americans, one Tibetan-German and one Briton as the world watched the spectacular Olympic closing ceremony.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2346142.htm2008-08-26T04:19:33+11:00The Olympic Flame has been extinguished in Beijing, bringing the 2008 Games to a close.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2345075.htm2008-08-25T13:16:22+11:00The Australian Olympic Committee has set a goal of finishing ahead of arch-rival Britain at the London Olympic Games in 2012.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2345145.htm2008-08-25T08:54:03+11:00With the closing days of the Olympics games, Radio Australia's sports reporter in Beijing, Tanya O' Shea, looks back at the performance of Pacific Islander athletes - with many performing well beyond their personal best.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2344202.htm2008-08-22T22:18:17+11:00Five days out from end of the Beijing Olympics, the international media are increasingly frustrated by answers they are getting from organisers about broken promises on human rights and press freedom.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2341868.htm2008-08-20T22:31:06+11:00The International Olympic Committee has been accused of censoring itself at the Beijing Games so as not to offend the Chinese hosts.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2337089.htm2008-08-15T19:28:21+11:00The International Olympic Committee is investigating an alleged police assault on a journalist near the Olympic Stadium.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2334617.htm2008-08-13T22:09:56+11:00Three people have been seriously injured in a collision between a van and an Olympic athletes' bus in Beijing.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2334442.htm2008-08-13T19:15:42+11:00Three security staff have been stabbed to death in an attack near Kashgar in China's far northwest region of Xinjiang -- the third such attack in just over a week.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2333288.htm2008-08-12T21:04:33+11:00Organisers of the spectacular opening Olympic ceremony in China are reported to have admitted that some of the fireworks broadcast on television were actually computer-generated images.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2333175.htm2008-08-12T18:11:45+11:00The Olympic host China is on track for a record gold medal count in the Beijing Games, but it appears any gold win for the economy is far from certain.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2332522.htm2008-08-12T13:42:00+11:00Chinese officials have tried to reassure athletes and coaches that they are safe in Beijing, after bomb attacks in the West of the country and the killing of an American tourist in the capital.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2331011.htm2008-08-11T14:30:41+11:00Rows of empty seats at Olympic competitions have caught Beijing Games organisers by surprise.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2331201.htm2008-08-11T14:30:41+11:00China has opened the Olympics with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that celebrated ancient Chinese history and aimed to draw a line under months of political controversy.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2329661.htm2008-08-08T22:54:35+11:00The organisers of the Beijing Olympics say the city is ready for the Games to begin.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2329610.htm2008-08-08T21:48:50+11:00Dozens of world leaders have flown into Beijing to attend the opening ceremony for the Olympics Games.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2329595.htm2008-08-08T21:48:50+11:00Chinese authorities have locked down the Olympic precinct ahead of Friday night's opening ceremony.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2329485.htm2008-08-08T20:18:06+11:00The Olympic Torch has been carried along the Great Wall of China, as Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2328042.htm2008-08-08T05:02:03+11:00On the eve of the Beijing Olympic games a total of 127 athletes have, in an open letter, called on China's President Hu Jintao to seek a peaceful solution to the Tibet issue and to improve the human rights situation.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2328004.htm2008-08-08T01:12:23+11:00Chinese officials have prevented a Radio Australia journalist at the Beijing Olympic games from interviewing the governor of the American Pacific territory of Guam, Felix Camacho.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2327544.htm2008-08-07T16:39:13+11:00Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is heading to China, but his promise to raise human rights concerns while he's attending the Olympics has done little to appease supporters of Tibet.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2326651.htm2008-08-07T14:34:42+11:00Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will go to the Beijing Olympics as planned, just hours after he cancelled his departure amid fears that his opponents could impeach him.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2326650.htm2008-08-07T09:47:56+11:00The Olympic flame has begun the final leg of its relay to the Olympic stadium in Beijing.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2325268.htm2008-08-07T01:15:18+11:00Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has offered his 'good wishes' for the Olympics, saying they were a moment of 'great pride' for the Chinese, and should promote peace.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2326515.htm2008-08-06T21:18:00+11:00