...filmmaker Miao Wang returns to her hometown of Beijing to chronicle the way the city is changing in anticipation of the 2008 Olympics. Things move quickly in China, and when the country is preparing for something as momentous as the Olympics, change...

...endorsed Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, making the Chinese capital...endorsed Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, making the Chinese capital...endorsed Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, making the Chinese capital...

This editorial appeared in today's Los Angeles Times: China may win the right this week to host the 2008 Olympics, but its victory wouldn't offer anything to cheer about. Beijing has not been attempting to improve its human rights record...

...Sunday's Washington Post: Just a few days ago, the International Olympic Committee endorsed Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, making the Chinese capital a finalist along with Paris and Toronto. "The commission is clear that none of them...

...fast as they came," Williams said. Steel prices are rising most notably because China is buying materials for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and its own internal consumption, city architect Rod Wilson said. A coal mine fire in West Virginia...

...four years and I miss it. I just enjoy fishing," Gibb said. After the summer he plans to resume training for the 2008 Olympics and may become a graduate assistant coach at Auburn. But for now, his goal is swimming in the 2004 Olympics...

...teams, said before the meet he plans to continue training through the 2008 Olympics. He is working on a masters degree in health, physical education...championship. Before the meet, Gibb said he plans to keep training for the 2008 Olympics.

...get frustrated." If he doesn't make the Olympic team this year, Blackhurst said he plans to keep training for the 2008 Olympics. He's getting married later this year to Amber Klein, a former teammate at Adams State, and he's completing...

...Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa's starving people. In 2001, Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics. In 2005, a suicide car bomb exploded next to U.S. troops handing out candy and toys in Iraq, killing more...

...Olympic teams, but they did help their colleges win national championships. Both athletes plan to make bids for the 2008 Olympics. Gibb, whose parents now live in Juneau, was on three national champion relay teams as the Auburn University men's...