 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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| Rio de Janeiro wins out as host of 2016 Olympics
03.10.2009 9:41 35 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, South, Rogen, America, South America, Tech, International, Summit, Brazil, Chicago, Copenhagen, Olympic, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Swaying International Olympic Committee votes with the argument that South America has never hosted an Olympic games before, Brazil's sun-drenched Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics, holding out against last-minute lobbying by President Barack Obama for his adopted home city of Chicago. Tens of thousands of ecstatic Brazilians, crowded along the city's famed Copacabana beach, erupted in cheers and dancing when the news was announced shortly before 1 p.m. local time, even as crowds in Chicago and the other defeated cities, Madrid and Tokyo, trudged home in disappointment. The announcement by IOC President Jacques Rogge in Copenhagen came...
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| Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too
(AP)
03.10.2009 9:13 81 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, Games, Michelle, Tokyo, Summit, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Michelle Obama, Janeiro, Olympic Games
 AP - OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman.
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| Manmohan Singh guest at Obama's first state dinner
(Reuters)
03.10.2009 5:52 41 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, Reuters, Ministry, Prime Minister, Prime, Pittsburgh, Singh, Chris, September, Summit
 Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the guest at President Barack Obama's first state dinner, to be held Nov. 24.
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| Shock and disbelief as Chicago loses 2016 Games bid
(AFP)
03.10.2009 4:20 31 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Games, City, Summit, People, Shows, Plans, Chicago, Olympic, Olympic Games
 AFP - Chicago reeled with disbelief and shock as the Windy City was eliminated early in its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games despite high-profile support from President Barack Obama.
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