Posted on June 11, 2008 by nolympics
via CNN:
In a move unprecedented for the Olympics, tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies are embedded with a microchip containing the bearer’s photograph, passport details, addresses, e-mail and telephone numbers. The intent is to keep potential troublemakers from the 91,000-seat National Stadium as billions watch on TV screens around the world. Along with terrorists, [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2008 by nolympics
via AP:
Television networks that will broadcast the Beijing Olympics to billions around the world are squaring off with local organizers over stringent security that threatens coverage of the games in two months. Differences over a wide range of issues – from limits on live coverage in Tiananmen Square to allegations that freight shipments of TV [...]
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Posted on June 8, 2008 by nolympics
Posted on June 1, 2008 by florianwagner
