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Seven Cameroonian athletes defect during Olympics
Seven athletes from Cameroon have “defected” in London where some were participating in the 2012 Olympics, Cameroon media reported Tuesday, citing an official. The disappearance of the seven athletes was reported on the website of the state daily Cameroon Tribune. According to the head of Cameroon’s Olympics delegation, David Ojong,…
NBC Olympics coverage omits tribute to U.K. terror victims
Broadcast giant NBC has chosen not to carry a tribute to the victims of the July 7 attacks in London that ran as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics, according to Deadspin. The 2005 attacks took the lives of 52 people and injured scores of others when bombs exploded on…
Britain beefs Olympic security up with 1,200 more troops
Britain will deploy an extra 1,200 troops to the London Games, Olympics minister Jeremy Hunt announced Tuesday, following a shortfall in the numbers of guards provided by private contractor G4S. The extra troops, who were already standing by on 48 hours’ notice, bring the total military deployment at the 2012…
British military runs tests before Olympics
London launched a major military exercise Wednesday to check security responses for the 2012 Olympics, as the final wave of test sports events got under way. Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets flew into the capital to herald the start of Exercise Olympic Guardian, a nine-day training operation to…
Olympics: Airlines warn of London airport chaos
Britain’s leading airlines warned Saturday of “severe delay and disruption” at London’s airports during the 2012 Olympics. British Airways, bmi, easyJet and Virgin Atlantic urged the government to take “urgent action” to ensure regular scheduled flights get through the increase in air traffic surrounding the London Games, which run from…
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