Fireworks, athletes and pageantry on a scale never before seen in the Olympics opened the Summer Games in Beijing on Friday as the Asian nation kicked off the biggest and most scrutinized Games in ...

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The ceremony was held at the marble Panathenian Stadium, where the first modern Olympics were staged in 1896 and which was the venue for the marathon races at the 2004 Games. Outside the stadium, ...

The 2008 Beijing Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and ...

Two workers install solar panels over the curved roof of Beijing's National Indoor Stadium, dubbed with 'Bird's Nest', June 19, 2007. Beijing News reported that the host city has finished the ...