... 6 overall against Federer and ended the Swiss star's 237-week streak at No. 1 last year after claiming the Beijing Olympic gold medal. Federer, who turned around that season with a U.S. Open title, saved two championship points from ...

... demonstrated outside Coca-Cola Co.'s offices in Manhattan on Friday as part of a nationwide protest targeting several Beijing Olympic sponsors for failing to press China to help end the violence in Darfur. The protest was one of a dozen rallies organized ...

... violent protests in western China in the spring, Tian said. "These forces are trying all means to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games," Tian said, adding that a force of 34,000 soldiers has been positioned in Beijing and other Olympic host ...

... got to see the truth." Members of the Chinese Falun Gong spiritual movement protested a float honoring the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Demonstrators wanted people to turn their backs on the float as it rolled along the route, though few appeared ...

... separatists. "The act of defiance from this small group of people is not popular," said Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing Olympic organizing committee. "It will definitely be criticized by people who love peace and adore the Olympic spirit ...

... home and at Chinese missions abroad will fly at half-staff, and public recreational activities will be canceled. Beijing Olympic organizers said in a statement that the torch relay also will be suspended for three days "to express our deep mourning ...

... president Jacques Rogge, Beijing organizers, the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the European Broadcasting Union. Beijing Olympic organizing officials have repeatedly promised that reporters will be free to do their jobs and cover the Olympics ...

... targets that could also diminish China's Olympic moment. "We've made preparations for all possible threats," Beijing Olympic organizing committee spokesman Sun Weide told reporters when asked about the Xinjiang attack. "We believe, with ...

For an outfit that never used to have a problem with its own members taking graft, the International Olympic Committee sure seems conflicted about whether to cut China in.

... Anthony, LeBron James and 20 other players selected Sunday for a possible spot on the world championship and 2008 Beijing Olympic teams. "It's his time," USA Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said of Bryant. "He's 27 years old now. He ...