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Why Obama Doesn't Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, Or the Olympics Rap

William Bradley | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

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William Bradley

Just as I never thought that Obama would win the Olympics for Chicago, it never occurred to me that he would win the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

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The GOP was Right to Cheer Obama's Olympic Defeat

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The paid lobbyists, high profile PR firms, well-heeled corporate donors, high powered political connections, and major civic and industry groups happily designated Obama as their point man on the Olympics.

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2016 Olympic Games: Who Should Host Them? (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

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Everyone from President Obama to the King Of Spain will be in Copenhagen on Friday to push for their city's 2016 Olympic Games bid. Which city do you ...

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Gibbs: Is Steele Rooting For Brazil To Get Olympic Games? (VIDEO)

Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Pushing back against criticism that the President is too busy to stop in Copenhagen to pitch Chicago as a host site for the 2016 Olympics, the White H...

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2016 Olympics Tickets Could Cost As Much As $1,800

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN AND LISA DONOVAN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

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A Chicago 2016 Summer Olympic Games would be led by a team of executives -- with annual salaries as high as $550,000 -- presiding over an army of 4,96...

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Green Edge 5: Farm Aid in Islamic China

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Farm Workers, Martin Ma, Solidaridad, Social Accountability International, East Turkistan Islamic Movement, Olympics, Terrorism, Skal, Organic, Workplace Standard, Uighurs, New York City, Dutch, Development Agency, World Trade Organization, Kashgar, Olympic Games, sa8000, Max Havelaar, Fair Trade, China, Urumqi, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The 8/4 Kashgar attack was not a total surprise: The two attackers were linked to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), three members of which were executed in a nearby town last month.

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China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.

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Four Years Later, Athens' Olympic Investment Doesn't Pay Off

Christian Science Monitor | Nicole Itano | Posted 07.28.2008 | Home

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Sprinklers still keep the grass at Greece's Olympic softball stadium green. But four years after the 2004 Games, it sits unused in the middle of a vas...

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Officials Put Out Olympic Torch 3 Times

AP | JEROME PUGMIRE and ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home

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PARIS — Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay thro...

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