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Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki became the first woman ever to lead a successful Olympic bid when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided Friday that Athens would host the games over rival Rome. She may also be the first woman organizer of the games...
...ROME: The world has lost another legendary figure: Mother Teresa, the Catholic nun who devoted her entire life to caring for the poor, passed away Friday in India. She had been in poor health for some time, and died of a heart attack...
...investment in its transport system and infrastructure, whose deficiencies allowed Atlanta to ?steal? the centennial Olympiad. ?Athenians are particularly proud this time, because they feel they?ve been awarded the Games not on the basis of birthright, but on the basis of merit.? The city beat out ancient rival Rome on the final ballot, after Buenos Aires, Stockholm and Cape Town were eliminated in earlier rounds of voting...
Like beauty pageant contestants, the would-be hosts of the 2004 Summer Olympics ? who spent around $100 million strutting their stuff ? will be spending the holiday weekend in an excrutiating wait for the judges' verdict. All but one of the delegations from Athens, Rome, Stockholm, Buenos Aires, and Cape Town will go home humiliated and out-of-pocket when the International Olympic Committee convenes in Lausanne, Switzerland next Wednesday. Here they will announce the winning venue for the first games, technically speaking, of the new millennium...
...Still smarting from Atlanta's last-minute theft of the centennial Olympiad, Athens is once again the top contender ? closely followed by its centuries-old rival, Rome. But the announcement last week that South African President Nelson Mandela would personally attend the announcement might provide a hot outsider tip: Either Mandela is risking an humiliating photo op when Cape Town loses ? or he knows something the smart money doesn...