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  • Sports Illustrated puts the heat on Canadian men's rowing eight again 25 Jul 2008 18:31 GMT
    ... men's rowing eight will be golden in Beijing, according to Sports Illustrated in this week's ... Sports Illustrated in this week's 2008 Summer Olympics preview edition. But SI predicted the same ... crews from Elk Lake. The magazine predicts China will come on with a medals onslaught at ...

  • Hesjedal glad to see Tour is still hunting down doping cheats 25 Jul 2008 18:31 GMT
    ... Hesjedal glad to see Tour is still hunting ... Wednesday for five days before heading to Beijing to represent Canada in the road race and ... time trial events of the 2008 Summer Olympics. "Coming down des Champs and seeing the ...

  • Sri Lankan sprint queen to lead Olympic squad 25 Jul 2008 18:31 GMT
    ... From correspondents in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 02:30 PM IST ... has been elected to lead the country's Olympic squad to next month's Beijing Games, it was reported by the media here ...

  • Beijing: Paper in trouble over protest photo 25 Jul 2008 18:30 GMT
    ... A POPULAR Chinese newspaper could face punishment after printing a ... on anti-government protests, a taboo subject. The Beijing News , a Chinese-language tabloid widely read ... photographer who in the 1980s worked in China. But the otherwise unthreatening story and selection ...

  • Who needs practice? 25 Jul 2008 18:30 GMT
    ... reason. The event is not offered in Olympic competition. That lack of practice did not ... to win or medal." For Kristian Ipsen, Beijing seems so close, yet so far away. The ... does not expect to be heading to China. "If someone gets hurt. .... I'm not going ...


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Quote of the Day

"I don't want to go home. I want to see the Olympics."
— a Chinese migrant worker ordered to leave Beijing before Olympics

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Markets

Exchange Rates:

Chinese Renminbi:
USD 1 = CNY 6.8240
EUR 1 = CNY 10.7120

Hong Kong Dollar:
USD 1 = HKD 7.7991
EUR 1 = HKD 12.2426

Macau Pataca:
USD 1 = MOP 8.0335
EUR 1 = MOP 12.6107

Taiwan Dollar:
USD 1 = TWD 30.4030
EUR 1 = TWD 47.7254

USD 1 = EUR 0.6370
EUR 1 = USD 1.5698

Closing Stocks:
Shanghai A: 3,005.58(-1.56%)
Shenzhen A: 902.95(-0.68%)
Hang Seng: 22,606.89(-2.08%)
Taiwan Taiex: 7,233.62(-1.82%)

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