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London to host 2012 Summer Olympic
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| [2005-07-06] London will host the 2012 Summer Games, members of the International Olympic Committee decided today. IOC president Jacques Rogge made the announcement after IOC members eliminated Paris, Madrid, New York and Moscow in four rounds of voting.
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Bush to visit Vietnam
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| [2005-06-21] President Bush, who is pushing for democratic reform around the globe, met Tuesday with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and praised the communist nation's economic progress, steps toward religious freedom and continued efforts to find the remains of U.S. troops who died in the Vietnam War.
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Norway back on top
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| [2005-06-18] Norway's women's soccer team shows signs of recapturing the success they had in earlier years as they booked a spot in the European championship final with a dramatic 3-2 overtime win against rivals Sweden.
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Telenor and TV2 win Norwegian football rights
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| [2005-06-18] The Norwegian Football Federation has sold the rights to broadcast Norwegian football to TV2 and Telenor Broadcast (Canal Digital) for the next four years. They outbid NRK/MTG and will pay around NOK 1 billion for the deal.
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The last of Norway's many "extra" spring holidays
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| [2005-05-16] Today, Monday May 16th is a religious holiday in Norway, Second Day Pentecost, and the last of many such "extra" holidays which are observed in the spring in this country, excluding of course May 17th, Norway's Independence Day!
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