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Though human rights groups complain, there is little sentiment for an Olympics boycott.
Washington is quiet about China's crackdown and rejects boycotting the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Much of the news about human-rights abuses in China emerged from the living room of Hu Jia.
China's leaders see the Olympic Games as an opportunity to dazzle the world
Chinese officials are acknowledging that six workers have died building venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics over the past five years. Ding Zhenkuan, deputy chief of Beijing's Municipal Bureau of Work Safety, initially told reporters no deaths had taken place at the 91,000-seat National Stadium, known as the "Bird's Nest" and the site for the opening and closing ceremonies. He later acknowledged two died there and then added there were six worker deaths in total at all sites, without elaborating on the other four deaths.
There's a big year ahead in the drive for alternative fuels.
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Former track star Marion Jones has now become just the fourth American in history to be stripped of Olympic hardware by the International Olympic Committee. Today, the IOC formally revoked Jones's claims to the five medals—three gold and two bronze—that she won during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Earlier this year, Jones admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during her peak athletic years.
First it was the abortion issue; now there are questions about his Olympian claims.
