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	<title><![CDATA[Is the IOC Helping Beijing Hide Its Pollution?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-pasternack/is-the-ioc-helping-beijin_b_117577.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>When US cyclists arrived in face masks yesterday, the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/06/olympics2008.china">International Olympic Committee chimed in again</a>, echoing Beijing officials' insistence that there is nothing to fear when it comes to pollution.</p>

<p>"They were overly cautious," <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/cycling/7544769.stm">said </a>a USOC spokesperson said of the cyclists, adding they regretted the action. The athletes were scolded by a US official for making a political statement and wrote a letter of apology. But it was the USOC's exercise physiologist that advised them to wear the...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Green]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-09-07T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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