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...Beijing Olympics came to a close on Aug. 24, China was, indeed, No. 1. No country had lavished so much on hosting the Summer Games - $44 billion by the government's own accounting of its Olympic building spree. Nor could any nation come close to the People's Republic's haul of 51 gold medals, 15 more than runner-up America. The state-sponsored sports machine had delivered magnificently. No discipline was too esoteric in the pursuit of national pride. A gold medal in women's quadruple sculls rowing? Check. Men's 50-m air rifle three positions? Check. Women...
...just center stage, however, and questions about China's continuing political repression festered on the sidelines. Throughout the Games, stories trickled out about jailed dissidents, banned websites and curiously empty designated protest zones. And, as if acting out a one-man play on the perils of overtraining and stifling national pressure, star hurdler Liu Xiang, the face of China's Olympics, arrived in the Bird's Nest to run his first qualifying race - then turned his back to the crowd and limped off the track. After a shocked silence, the weeping announcers on Chinese TV intoned that it was acceptable...
...very clear, and I've pointed it out for quite a period of time, and the chronicle of their actions has been well known since President [Vladimir] Putin came to power, and I believe that it's very important that Russia behave in a manner befitting a very strong nation. They're not doing so at this time, so therefore I will criticize and in some cases - in the case of the aggression against Georgia - condemn them...
Well, I think that people can make their judgments on my positions and involvement in every major nation's security issues in the last 20 years or more. How I've played a role that Senator Obama never has. Key decisions, whether it be the first Gulf War, or Bosnia, or Kosovo, or other issues. But I believe my judgments are based on years of experience, knowledge and background. And I will stand by those judgments that I've made, at times when these national security issues have risen throughout the last quarter century...
...everyone in his camp was convinced it would happen. After serving six years in prison on sodomy and corruption charges that he has always denied, in early August Anwar was accused of sodomizing his former 23-year-old aide Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who appeared on national television to accuse his ex-boss of the crime. Anwar has consistently denied the accusations, claiming they are politically motivated. Meanwhile, he has also come under fire for his support of policies that would extend Malaysia's affirmative action benefits - now exclusive to ethnic Malays - to the nation's other minority races. As votes...