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The medical facility at the Olympic Village that offers comprehensive health care primarily for athletes and officials.

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(BEIJING, July 4) — The Italian football team’s coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has chosen his 22-man squad for Beijing 2008. The squad includes Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi.

Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi is the only over-age player in the squad. Rocchi is joined by Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo. Both players are returning to national duty after not being chosen for Euro 2008.

Italy’s first challenge will be Honduras on August 10 in Qinhuangdao. The country will also play matches against the Republic of Korea and Cameroon.

Italy’s Olympic squad:

Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Robert Acquafresca (Cagliari), Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Antonio Cadreva (Udinese), Luca Cigarini (Parma), Andrea Coda (Udinese), Andrea Consigli (Atalanta), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Paolo De Ceglie (Juventus), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Lazio), Daniele Dessena (Parma), Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Marco Motta (Udinese), Antonio Nocerino (Palermo), Andrea Ranocchia (Arezzo), Tommaso Rocchi (Lazio), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Andrea Russotto (Treviso), Salvatore Sirigiu (Citta di Castello), Emiliano Viviano (Brescia)

(BEIJING, July, 5) – World No. 2 Rafael Nadal cruised past Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 to set up a third successive Wimbledon final against Roger Federer yesterday in the second semifinal on Centre Court at Wimbledon.The first set was a one-sided one in favor of the Spaniard since he broke the German’s opening service game. After breaking the German’s serve twice, the 22-year-old favorite easily took the first set 6-1.

At the start of the second set, Schuettler seemed to show signs of resistance. The two players managed the court well and were tied, before Schuettler gave away the set to the younger player by hitting a shot wide.

Nadal enjoying his victory

In the third set, Nadal brushed aside the German to secure a 6-4 win.
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By Keriann Hopkins and Michael Gryboski
CNSNews.com Correspondents
July 03, 2008

(CNSNews.com) – For Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu, the politics of the Beijing Olympics are a “temporary issue,” and efforts to boycott the Olympics are “in this moment impossible.” But the eyes and ears of the world, Wu said, should still be focused on human rights abuses in Communist China.

Wu told Cybercast News Service that the Bush administration is doing the best that it can to raise the issue of human rights abuses in China, given that former President George H. W. Bush is leading the American contingent to the games.

“They knew China has a problem with human rights, problems with persecuted people,” Wu said. “What else can we do? We’re American; we do our job, that’s it.”

Wu, who spent 19 years being beaten, tortured, and starved in a Chinese prison labor camp for criticizing the Chinese Communist Party, spoke Tuesday on the politics of the upcoming Olympics, at an event hosted by the Center for National Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

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Mayor of Jiayuguan Ma Guangming closes out the Jiayuguan leg of the Olympic Torch Relay after lighting the cauldron atop Jiayu Pass.

The Jiayuguan leg kicked off at 8:15 on Sunday as Yu Haiyan, director of a local iron&steel company, ran as the first torchbearer.

A total of 208 torchbearers participated in the 13.8 km-long relay.

Haoyuan, deputy governor of Gansu and Yang Yang, an Olympic speed skating champion, are among the 208 torchbearers.

Jiayuguan or Jiayu Pass is the first pass at the west end of the Great Wall of China, near the city of Jiayuguan. Along with Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan, it is one of the main passes of the Great Wall.

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Eastern Airways is ramping up its schedule from Monday 7 April on several key business routes.

The airline says it will increase from three to four flights a day its services from Leeds Bradford to both Aberdeen and Southampton. At the same time, its Newcastle to Cardiff service goes from two to three flights a day while its Manchester to London Stansted service oncreases from three to four filghts a day on Mondays to Thursdays.

Last month, the airline – which uses 29 and 50 seat propeller aircraft to operate its flights – increased its regular daily services on its Aberdeen-Newcastle, Southampton-Aberdeen and Newcastle-Southampton services. Continue Reading »

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Australia’s tourism minister has signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea for improved bilateral cooperation on tourism.

The document was signed by Martin Ferguson and his PNG counterpart, Charles Abel, during the Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum in Madang.

Mr Ferguson says the tourism framework “signals a new commitment to closer cooperation in a sector of fundamental importance” for the two countries.

The framework for greater cooperation on tourism will include ecotourism, sustainable tourism development and the protection and preservation of natural and cultural resources as an important part of the tourism experience.

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2006 rank	Country	Arrivals (millions)		Percent change 2005/2004	Percent change 2006/2005
		2005	2006
1.	France	75.9	79.1	1.0%	4.2%
2.	Spain	55.9	58.5	6.6	4.5
3.	United States	49.2	51.1	6.8	3.8
4.	China	46.8	49.6	12.1	6.0
5.	Italy	36.5	41.1	-1.5	12.4
6.	United Kingdom	28.0	30.7	9.2	9.3
7.	Germany	21.5	23.6	6.8	9.6
8.	Mexico	21.9	21.4	6.3	-2.6
9.	Austria	20.0	20.3	3.0	1.5
10.	Russian Federation	19.9	20.2	0.2	1.3

(international tourist arrivals)

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO)

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Get the best business travel deals and find out how to make your budget go further at the Business Travel Show Dubai – the event for everyone who buys and books their organisation’s travel!

The Business Travel Show Dubai is a new exhibition, brought to you by the organisers of the successful Business Travel Shows in Europe. The inaugural Business Travel Show Dubai was staged at the Madinat Jumeirah under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman & Chief Executive, Emirates Airline & Group; President, Dubai Department of Civil Aviation.

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