Chase the gold, not the green (Washington State University Daily Evergreen) bi13190618 With 958 medals, 17 days, 132 new Olympic records, 43 new world records and one wholesome pounding courtesy of the Chinese, the 2008 Summer Olympiad over

Against the Odds (BBC News) bi13190618 How the BBC's Olympic hopefuls fared..

Seymour proud of boxing performance (The Nassau Guardian) bi13190618 BEIJING, China ? Taureano Johnson might not have gotten the results he wanted, but the eyes of many, was an excellent performance at these 29th Olympic Games for him

Asians don't hate dogs - they're just rational about them (Times Online) bi13190618 North London, I can report, having moved there recently, fantastic. Whereas my journey home to Brixton used to involve dodging police cordons and crack-addicted prostitutes offering fellatio, the only obstacles NW3 are deli workers dishing out free focaccia. There's only one problem: Jessie

Boxer wins Britain's 19th gold medal but teenage diving sensation Tom Daley m bi13190618 Britain's Olympic gold medal tally rose to 19 today as James DeGale produced the performance of life the final of the middleweight boxing

Heroin addicted elephant cured at Chinese rehab (Boston Herald) bi13190618 BEIJING - An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders home after a three-year rehab program, Chinese state media said today. Xiguang,..

From Bold Works to Bits of Americana (New York Times) bi13190618 Dates are subject to change. ?THE FLY? Some of the horror visited on the audience at the world premiere of opera Paris July was turned back on creators by the critics. Maybe a to Hollywood just what hoary tale needs

Hosting Paralympics aid Chinese disabled, says Sullivan (The Canadian Pr bi13190618 BEIJING - Hosting the Paralympic Games raise awareness of issues faced by disabled people Chinese society, says Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan

EU says investigating report of trade leak (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland N bi13190618 The European Commission said was launching an investigation claims by a newspaper on Sunday that a senior trade official leaked commercially sensitive information for possible reward

Asian elephant cured of heroin addiction (USA Today) bi13190618 An elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders home Saturday after a three-year rehab program, Chinese media said

Chinese jumbo kicks heroin after rehab stint 6 Sep 2008, 0040 hrs IST,REUTERS bi13190618 BEIJING: A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan

First direct flight linking Chinese, German capitals launched (People's Daily) bi13190618 The first direct flight linking the capitals of China and Germany launched Beijing at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, Hainan Airlines takes off from Beijing at 2:30 p.m. and reaches Berlin at 6 p.m. local time. The flight takes off from Berlin at 8:20 p.m. and reaches Beijing at 11:10 a.m. the next morning. Airbus A330-200 aircraft operate on the ..

Connecting China: South Charleston teacher hoping that students learn mo bi13190618 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tan Ying Hua used a little body English to emphasize the proper tone, pronunciation and voice pitch needed to say the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Chinese

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