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Another £9.3bn down the drain? Ministers 'knew 2012 Olympics will bring little benefit to Britain' (Daily Mail)
Ministers were warned by their own experts that the Olympics in 2012 will be little more than a national party, with scant economic or long-term sporting returns.
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Athletics is among losers as funding body cuts 2012 budget (Independent)
Eight Olympic sports face uncertain futures after UK Sport, the government's funding body for elite sport in Britain, announced across the board cuts yesterday.
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Ministers were warned 2012 Olympics 'would bring little benefit to Britain' (Daily Mail)
Ministers ploughed ahead with the 2012 Olympic bid despite their own experts warning it would bring little economic or social benefit, it has emerged.
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Obama's election brings hope to climate talks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama's upcoming presidency has infused a sense of hope in the current U.N. climate talks that the United States — one of the world's biggest polluters — may soon emerge as a global leader in saving the planet from environmental disaster.
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En garde, Tessa! How Ms Jowell foiled the fencers (Independent)
An Olympic row erupted last night after a sporting executive charged with delivering gold for Team GB in 2012 accused ministers of breaking a key promise on funding.
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Government cuts have left British sport in the lurch (The Herald)
Britain's 2012 Olympic prospects received a devastating blow yesterday when £50m was slashed from sports funding. This will jeopardise whole sports programmes and threatens the appearance of some sports in the Games.
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With Obama next in line, hope infuses climate talks (The News Journal)
POZNAN, Poland -- Barack Obama's upcoming presidency has infused a sense of hope in the current U.N.
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Broken dreams: The £79m black hole wrecking Britain's Olympic hopes (Daily Mail)
Britain is facing the prospect of being unable to compete in some events at London 2012 as the Government are reneging on their £600m promise to fund an Olympic gold rush.
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Missing Olympic rings hamper search for private funding (Guardian Unlimited)
Thirty months after the government announced it would double funding for Olympic sport it has still not approached potential sponsors with a view to raising the £100m in private-sector funding outlined by Gordon Brown. As chancellor in March 2006, Brown said there would be a public-private partnership approach to a £600m Olympic-funding package, with £500m from the lottery and taxpayer and ...
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Obama's election brings hope to climate talks (The Charlotte Observer)
(By VANESSA GERA, Associated Press Writer) Barack Obama's upcoming presidency has infused a sense of hope in the current U.N. climate talks that the United States - one of the world's biggest polluters - may soon emerge as a global leader in saving the planet from environmental disaster. Yet his election has also brought paralysis to this massive U.N. climate conference in Poznan, because most ...
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