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 2004 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.
Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from Chechnya to be the cause of the crashes.
September 17 - 2004 Summer Paralympics commences in Athens, Greece.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/2004   (6816 words)

  
 1996 Summer Olympics
Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1999.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1996_summer_olympics.shtml   (430 words)

  
 DraftHelp.com - Olympics Summer 2004
The aggregate result of these national Olympic teams will determine the winner, on the basis of 5 points for every gold medal, 3 points for every silver medal, and 1 point for every bronze medal.
The 15 national Olympic teams must be chosen from 4 different pools, in which the nations have been divided, according to their performance in Sydney 2000, plus a host nation factor.
Each participant must choose 2 Olympic teams from Group A, 3 Olympic teams from Group B, 5 Olympic teams from Group C and 5 Olympic teams from Group D (with encompasses all nations not in any of the former groups).
www.drafthelp.com /Olympics2004Summer.htm   (635 words)

  
 Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bulgaria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Bulgaria sent five boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.
Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (566 words)

  
 2000 Summer Olympics
The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml   (670 words)

  
 Country Business Intelligence Reports - Emerging Markets Series: Bulgaria
Bulgaria's real estate market is stabilising after years of substantial foreign investment and tremendous growth.
While Bulgaria seems to be on track to join the EU at the beginning of 2007, unless it makes quick progress on a number of fronts, it could risk seeing accession delayed until 2008.
Intense flooding in the summer of 2005, however, dealt farmers a harsh blow, resulting in a 7.43% decline in agricultural output for the year.
www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com /publication.asp?country=23   (1795 words)

  
 Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The main network for Olympic coverage in Canada is the CBC which covers events live, and then replays highlights in prime time.
Most disappointing was the men's eights who had been undefeated for two years before the Olympics, but to the surprise of many finished fifth in their event.
There were a few bright spots, including Rick Say making it to the finals of the 200 m freestlye, considerd by many to be the premier event of the 2004 Olympics, and a number of Canadian records were set.
www.askfactmaster.com /Canada_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (2674 words)

  
 BulgariaBoom.com
Bulgaria’s bid for the Winter Olympics of 2014 is Sofia (along with Borovetz and Bansko ski resorts).
Bulgaria is not retail/spa posh in the way we in Ireland have become used to, but it is lovely and decent and rich in other ways.
Go there now while it is still a bargain, because in 2007 Bulgaria is to due to enter the European Union, and those of us already living in high-priced euro land know you can kiss goodbye to it being a good-value haven.
www.bulgariaboom.com   (1686 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
By late March 2004, some Olympic projects were still behind schedule, and Greek authorities announced that a roof it had initially proposed as an optional, non-vital addition to the Aquatics Center would no longer be built.
Officially there were 28 sports as swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo are classified by the IOC as disciplines within the sport of aquatics, and wheelchair racing was a demonstration sport.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics   (2651 words)

  
 SKI in Bulgaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Olympic champion and seven-times world wrestling champion Valentin Yordanov was the last to carry the Olympic torch in Sofia before handing it to Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha.
The 2004 Olympic Torch flame was ignited by the sun's rays in a traditional ceremony in Greece on March 25.
The 2004 torch, designed by Greek designer Andreas Varotsos, resembles an olive leaf, which is long and narrow with a tapered tip.
www.xtdev.com /ski/wmview_en.php?ArtID=480   (917 words)

  
 Full Medal Tally. Results. Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
From Hicham El Guerrouj ending his Olympic hoodoo to the triumph of Iranian Hercules Hossein Rezazadeh, these were the defining moments of the Athens Games.
The Olympics is the athlete's chance for 15 minutes of fame.
From farce to tragedy, the Olympics are sporting theatre, and Athens 2004 offered the perfect stage for a huge variety of plots and leading characters.
www.abc.net.au /olympics/2004/results/medaltally.htm   (100 words)

  
 Olympics: Olympics: A through Z
A synchronized swimmer, Kozlova began her Olympic career with her native Russia as a 19-year-old in 1992.
While a flame in honor of Zeus had been a part of the Ancient Olympics, the torch relay is a fairly recent innovation.
The Olympics, however, were canceled that year due to World War I. When Berlin was awarded the Games again in 1936, Diem revived his idea of a torch relay.
www.sptimes.com /2004/08/08/Olympics/Olympics__A_through_Z.shtml   (2588 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - 2004 SUMMER OLYMPICS THE DOCTOR IS IN . . . ATHENS TO WIN;
That morning, Devine had won the first race for single sculls in the U.S. Olympic team trials for rowing at Lake Mercer, N.J. She rowed easily, not even sprinting at the end, and beat her nearest competitor by 10 seconds.
Even after winning the Olympic trials, as she would decisively, Devine, 35, would have to travel at her own cost to Lucerne, Switzerland, in June and finish in the top three in the final Olympic qualifying regatta to earn the United States a berth for the single in Athens.
Within a couple of years of learning to scull, she was on the U.S. national team, finishing sixth in the double sculls at the world championships.
www.usolympicteam.com /11699_22880.htm   (1961 words)

  
 USD Magazine - University of San Diego
It might be hard to find a Greek who knows what a Torero is, but two former USD athletes transcended the language barrier with outstanding performances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Yanchulova teamed with her sister to win in the preliminary round, but the duo fell in the semifinals to the Brazilian team, which went on to win the silver medal.
Heavy hitter Josh Hansen, who boasted a.369 average in 2004, was selected by the Chicago White Sox, starting pitcher Aaron Wilson was picked by the Philadelphia Phillies, right-hander Kyle Collins went to the Cleveland Indians, and Tom Caple, a three-time First Team All WCC player, was selected by the Boston Red Sox.
www.sandiego.edu /publications/usdmagazine/fall2004/sports2.shtml   (441 words)

  
 brazil at the 2004 summer olympics - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
At the 2004 Summer Olympics Brazil was represented by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (abbreviated COB).
In Athens 2004 Brazil competed in all but ten events (Archery, Badminton, Canoeing - Slalom, Cycling - Track, Softball, Gymnastics - Trampoline, Baseball, Water Polo, Hockey and Weightlifting).
Edvaldo Oliveira was the only one to win a bout, as the team went a combined 1-5.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/brazil-at-the-2004-summer-olympics   (4221 words)

  
 CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games News: 2004 SUMMER OLYMPICS SCHEDULE
#2004 Summer Olympic Games Schedule - Monday, August 16# -------------------------------------------------------- (at Athens, Greece) Archery (at Panathinaiko Stadium) ------- Men's Individual, Eliminations, 1:30 a.m.
Baseball (at Olympic Baseball Centre) -------- Australia vs. Taipei, 3:30 a.m.
Women's Beach Volleyball (at Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre) ------------------------ Germany vs. Bulgaria, 4:00 a.m.
slam.canoe.ca /StatsOLY/BC-OLY-SCHD-AUGUST16-R.html   (481 words)

  
 Summer Olympics 2000 Drug cases at Sydney
Sevdalin Minchev, Bulgaria, weightlifter: stripped of bronze medal in the men's 137-pound class on Friday, furosemide.
Ivan Ivanov, Bulgaria, weightlifter: loses silver medal in 123 pound class on Sept. 20, furosemide.
World champion and husband of U.S. runner Marion Jones, he was not entered for Olympics, citing knee injury.
espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0927/784449.html   (541 words)

  
 Olympic News Circle for Summer & Winter Olympics
Olympic Promotion MTV video: Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, Greece
The show, designed and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, among the most widely recognised director, writer, choreographer and clown at an international level for his theatre performances inspired to the circus world, will combined the fantasy and colours of the Carnival with the sounds and shapes typical of the circus and Art Comedy.
Finland, which had allowed only five goals in its first seven matches, was in its first Olympic final but had to settle for the silver.
www.samtsai.com /olympics   (596 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Sweden to bid for 2014 Winter Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The International Olympic Committee will send bid applications in May. The deadline for submitting preliminary bids is July 28, with the IOC to select the host city in 2007.
Per-Axel Eriksson, a Swedish Olympic Committee member and bid project leader, estimated the cost of staging the 2014 Games at $829 million.
Ostersund and nearby Aare, which is Scandinavia's leading Alpine ski resort, finished second in balloting for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and third in the voting for the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2004-12-08-sweden-2014_x.htm   (317 words)

  
 NATO Update - June 2004
As the European 2004 football championship kicked-off this past weekend, NATO’s AWACS radar aircraft took to the skies over Portugal to patrol against possible terrorist threats.
A maritime exercise called Exercise Cooperative Partner 2004 is taking place in Varna, Bulgaria, and the Black Sea, 18 June to 2 July.
From 22 to 25 June 2004 NATO, Russia and partner countries tested their capabilities to jointly respond to a disaster situation in a field and strategic-level exercise and seminar held in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation.
www.nato.int /docu/update/2004/06-june/index-e.htm   (976 words)

  
 Euro 2004 in TIME Europe Magazine | Introduction: Euro Mania!
Tell us your views, comments or news about Euro 2004, from wherever you are.
Sorry, Athens, but for football-crazy Europeans, not even the beloved Olympics fire the passions in the way that Euro 2004 is doing right now, with bone-deep grudge matches such as England vs. France and the Netherlands vs. Germany — and that's just in the first few days.
In England, newspapers have already reached epic levels of xenophobia, likening last Sunday's game with France to Agincourt and Waterloo combined, while the white and red flag of St. George flies everywhere — from houses and cars, on clothes and in ads for everything from cola to crisps to mobile phones.
www.time.com /time/europe/euro2004/opener.html   (806 words)

  
 Information Please: 2004
Summer Olympics take place in Athens, Greece (Aug. 13–29).
Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake created an enormous scandal when Timberlake ripped the bodice of Jackson's costume during the halftime show of February's Super Bowl XXXVIII, exposing her right breast, which was pierced and adorned with a brooch.
See 2004 People in the news for biographies of entertainers and newsmakers.
www.infoplease.com /year/2004.html   (1409 words)

  
 Summer 2004 Class Notes
She concludes that "2004 has got to be better." I think that a lot of us feel the same way.
After their fourth summer at their Algoma house on Lake Michigan, they migrated to their new winter home, a duplex ranch unit overlooking the golf course in a club community.
Congratulations to Ingrid Stanlis, who is the recipient of a 2004 Athena Award, given to outstanding women for their professional excellence and community service, as well as being active in assisting women in their attainment of professional excellence.
www.middlebury.edu /administration/middmag/class_notes/summer04.htm   (20820 words)

  
 Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metre freestyle
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg   (607 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Olympic Games
Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators during the [2004] Summer Olympics that they would like to take back
Many of them are simply unintentionally humorous double entendres, the kind that are easy to make when one works in a field with a distinct jargon, such as sports.
(Since the Olympic Games include many different types of sports, each with its own distinct jargon, the possibilities for inadvertent humor are many.) None of these quotes originated with the
www.snopes.com /humor/lists/olympics.asp   (1037 words)

  
 SportsShooter.com - Contest: 2004 Winners
The rodeo closes 55 years of history for the event at the downtown location, moving to a new facility to be built south of downtown.
France competes in the men's track cycling team sprint qualifying round on August 21, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Velodrome within the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.
Lars Moeller, B.T. Elisabeth Paisieva from Bulgaria is performing in rythmic sports gymnastics during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
www.sportsshooter.com /2004_contest_winners/index.html   (996 words)

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