 Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics
(AP)
 03.10.2009 9:51  62 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, Michelle, Tokyo, Center, International, Summit, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Michelle Obama, Janeiro
 AP - The country's president was blunt. "It is," Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Brazil's time."
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| Olympic Dreams Realized, Brazil Steps into the Spotlight
03.10.2009 8:38 50 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, International, Brazil, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Steve
"It is Brazil's time," President Luiz InÁcio Lula da Silva insisted in his pitch before Friday's International Olympic Committee vote. "It is time to light the Olympic torch in a tropical country." The IOC agreed - and that lit up a frenzied carnival in Rio de Janeiro, a city that knows how to party perhaps better than any other. As the decision was announced, the world forgot Rio's problems for a moment, especially its frightening murder rate, and watched tens of thousands of its residents, known as Cariocas, exult on Copacabana Beach, dancing to deafening music in tanga bikinis and drinking Skol and Brahma beer around a massive banner that read, "Rio Loves You." "This will bring a lot...
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| Lulaâs Olympic Victory for Brazil Sets Up Battle on Rioâs Crime
(Bloomberg)
03.10.2009 5:14 38 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Bloomberg, Sept, Brazil, Olympic, Luke
Bloomberg - Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilâs President Luiz Inacio Lula
da Silva, who as a boy sold peanuts on the street, beat the
worldâs two richest nations for the 2016 Olympic Games. Now, he
must defeat Rio de Janeiroâs violent crime, which residents call
the biggest cloud over their cityâs postcard-perfect bid. Czytaj więcej »
| Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics
(AP)
03.10.2009 3:33 27 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, South, Lind, Tokyo, America, South America, International, Chicago, Olympics, Copenhagen, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro
 AP - Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked.
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| Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics
(AP)
03.10.2009 3:33 33 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, South, Lind, Tokyo, America, South America, International, Chicago, Olympics, Copenhagen, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro
AP - Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked.
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