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Latest News From BEIJING,
2008-08-08 01:22:02
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BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and leaders from 11 other countries arrived here on Wednesday, with the Olympics opening only two days away.They were greeted by Chinese government representatives at the Beijing Capital International Airport.
Airport officers and security personnel, staff from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and officers from the guests' embassies were busy with receiving arrangements all day.
Arriving on Wednesday were Brazilian President Lula, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a Lavaka Ata, Montenegro's President Filip Vujanovic, Timor-Leste's President Jose Ramos-Horta, Micronesian President Emanuel Mori, Serbian President Boris Tadic, San Marino's Captainsregents Rosa Zafferani and Federico Pedini Amati, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, the Head of State of Samoa Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi, Laotian President Choummaly Sayasone and Fiji's interim Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama.
As of Wednesday, Beijing had received guests from 18 countries for the upcoming sports pageant.
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources, U.S. President George W. Bush, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and 50 other international guests will arrive on Thursday, the most during the one-week countdown to the Games.
Another 11 leaders including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and the President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-bak, will arrive on Friday to attend the opening ceremony of the Games, which is scheduled to start at 8:08 p.m.
More than 80 state leaders and royals are expected to attend the opening of the Games and related events.
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祝福中国，祝福北京，祝福全世界人民！祝奥运成功！ *
2008-08-08 01:01:37
为那些准备了八年的所有运动员加油.你们太棒了,好激动啊，期待！开幕式一定会很棒吧.奥运加油!中国加油!祝奥运会办的成功中国更强大!
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One World 北京欢迎你，魅力迸发的奥林匹克 *
2008-08-08 00:33:31
今夜，当五星红旗、五环旗在国家体育场冉冉升起，奥林匹克运动的宏伟篇章将翻开崭新一页。
今夜，当奥林匹克会歌在万众瞩目中悠扬奏响，奥林匹克理想在古老的中华大地激情飞扬。
今夜，当第２９届奥运会的圣火燃亮北京的星空，人类文明的长河再次汇入来自东方的泉流。
奥林匹克运动第一次将盛典的舞台，搭建在这东方的沃土。１３亿中国人第一次在自己的家园，唱响团结、友谊、和平的奥运之歌。从雅典到北京，欢乐依旧，激情依旧，梦想依旧，而世界将有所不同。
北京欢迎你，魅力迸发的奥林匹克！北京欢迎你，四海五洲的老友新朋！
现代奥林匹克运动走过的这一个世纪，是人类历史上最跌宕辉煌的章节。过去１００年间，人们经历了世界大战的炮火硝烟，经历了冷战的封锁对峙，也分享着航空航天、移动通讯、电视、互联网等新发明带来的伟大变革，打开了宇宙探索的广阔视野。自人类文明诞生以来，没有哪一个世纪的灾难和悲剧，如此频繁深重；也没有哪一个世纪的奋争和进步，如此激动人心。
一个多世纪以来，奥运会从一个侧面记录了人类文明拾级而上的进程。与坎坷激荡的世界历史紧密相随，现代奥运会承载着人类的共同理想，成为当今世界无与伦比的文化现象和文明载体。摒弃异见和分歧，奥林匹克圣火照亮人类共同前进的道路，推动着世界体育运动的发展，折射出不同文化交流了解的热望。五环旗下，不同国家、不同信仰、不同肤色、不同种族的人们，为了共同的梦想汇聚在同一条跑道上。
中国是奥林匹克运动的坚定追随者。从奥林匹亚山到万里长城，圣火辉映着文明传播与沟通的征程，见证了一个古老民族融入世界潮流的步履。
一个世纪前，有识之士“中国什么时候能举办奥运”的殷殷期盼中，我们领略过它的渴望；７６年前，刘长春孑然一身代表中国参加奥运会的孤独步履里，我们听到过它的足音；２９年前，改革开放的中国重返国际奥林匹克大家庭的积极努力中，我们体会到它的决心；１５年前，蒙特卡洛申奥失利后“坚定不移地走向世界”的含泪誓言里，我们感受过它的坚强。今天，历史悠久的奥林匹克与源远流长的东方文明交融汇聚，绿色奥运、科技奥运、人文奥运，１３亿中国人用实际行动，为奥林匹克注入了属于自己的梦想。
奥运会来到拥有世界五分之一人口的中国，意义非凡。这是世界对中国的信任，也是中国对世界的奉献。中国重返奥林匹克大家庭的３０年，正与当代中国波澜壮阔的发展进程相契合。这３０年里，中华民族打开国门走向世界，世界张开臂膀拥抱中国。２００８年北京奥运会，树起了中国３０年改革开放的新界标，熔铸了世界对一个发展中大国的新期许。虽然世界上不同地方的人们在不同的问题上有不同看法，但绝大多数人相信，中国发展离不开世界，世界繁荣稳定也离不开中国；绝大多数人坚信，奥运会在北京举办，“将给中国和世界留下独一无二的宝贵遗产”。
俯仰百年，人们越来越深切地认识到，在这个越来越“小”的星球上，我们有着共同的命运。世界变得比历史上的任何时候更加密不可分。奥运会不仅是各国运动员实现光荣和梦想的舞台，也是世界各国人民增进了解、加深友谊的平台。奥林匹克的旗帜，让不同文化百花齐放、和谐共荣：非洲草原浸透阳光的奔跑、桑巴足球华丽唯美的舞步、威猛剽悍的拳击举重、修身养性的柔道……在这个大家庭里，金牌的争夺从来不是最重要的目标，世界各国文化的相互交流、相互借鉴，才是最值得珍惜的精神遗产。诚恳迎接不同文化的交流交汇，以平常心面对多种文化的精彩纷呈，政治尊重、文化多样和价值包容，同样是奥林匹克精神的体现。
７年筹办，中国人民以最大的热情，鼎力托举起当今世界规模最大的体育盛会；７年践诺，古老中华尽最大的努力，精心酝酿这全人类共叙友情、共享和平的节日盛典。
今夜，大幕将启。同一个世界，同一个梦想，１６天里，我们将一起分享奥林匹克的魅力和欢乐；五环旗下，我们将尽情演绎“更快、更高、更强”的体育精神，共同奏响“团结、友谊、和平”的伟大乐章。
中国人民，世界人民，这是我们的共同时刻。 -
Looking for Olympic maps
2008-08-07 09:32:45
Visitors to Olympic venues in Beijing and the six other co-host cities can now locate information desks, entrances and restrooms on a 20-language website before they arrive.The maps, available at Tomap.cn, provide details of each of the 39 Olympic venues in the seven cities.
In addition to listing the events being held at each venue, the maps show major landmarks, points of public transit, restrooms, first-aid rooms - even water coolers. It can be downloaded free of charge to mobile phones.
The maps are currently in nine languages, but designers expect it to be available in 15 to 20 languages by tomorrow.
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08-08-08, the magical wedding date
2008-08-07 09:10:09
More than 16,400 Beijing couples have applied to have their marriages registered on the auspicious date of Aug 8, 2008 (Friday), the municipal bureau of civil affairs said yesterday.
On the same day last year, just 3,390 couples registered their nuptials, it said.
Of this year's total, 12,400 couples made their reservations in person, with the rest applying online, Zhou Libiao, a press official with the bureau told China Daily.
The deadline for Aug 8 registrations reservation was yesterday closed, he said.
The majority of the reservations came from Beijing's eight major districts: Chaoyang, Haidian, Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chongwen, Xuanwu, Fengtai and Shijingshan, Zhou said.
In anticipation of the huge demand, authorities in 18 districts and counties in the capital began taking registrations for the special day at the start of June, he said.
Once the applications have been processed, the couples simply have to call into the relevant office on Friday to collect their marriage certificates, he said.
Wu Shimin, head of the Beijing municipal civil affairs bureau said all marriage registration departments will open from 6 am to 6 pm on Friday.
"Our goal is to provide 100 percent satisfaction for all the couples," he said recently during a tour of the marriage registration office in Chaoyang district, which is expected to hand out more than 3,000 marriage licenses on Friday.
Zhang Fengxiang, head of the Chaoyang district civil affairs bureau said more than 100 extra staff have been laid on to handle everything from handing out certificates to helping with car parking.
There will even be a priority channel for couples who are also Olympic staff or volunteers, he said.
Li Chaogang, head of the Fengtai district civil affairs bureau, said its marriage registration office will be decorated in a wedding style to celebrate the special day.
"New couples will feel like they are entering a wedding hall," he said.
About 1,600 couples will collect their documents at the Fengtai office, more than 30 times the average for a normal day, he said.
Record numbers of marriage registrations are also anticipated in other cities throughout China.
In Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, the number of reservations for Aug 8 was up to 3,198, as of Friday, the China News Service reported yesterday.
The number eight is believed to bring happiness and fortune. The three eights in Aug 8, 2008, therefore, make that day especially popular.
"Eight is such an auspicious number, and with the opening of the Beijing Olympics, the whole nation will be celebrating with us," Li Jun, who will be among those officially getting married on Friday, told China Daily.
"And having 2008-08-08 stamped on my marriage certificate will make it extra special,"