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		Paris is leading the race to host the 2012 Olympics, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said today.
		Valery Shantsev, Deputy-Mayor of Moscow and Chairman of the 2012 Bid Committee, stated at the Press Conference yesterday that "We have thoroughly enjoyed our time with the Evaluation Commission and are grateful to them for their strong interest in Moscow and our bid as well as their guidance on how we can improve our plan".
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	Paris 2012 bid faces stern test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Paris - Paris, front-runner in the five-city race to win the 2012 Olympics, faces its sternest test to date when the 13-strong IOC evaluation commission visits the French capital.
		It was totally unrelated to the London 2012 bid but Livingstone's verbal attack on a Jewish journalist, likening him to a concentration camp guard, raised eyebrows right up to the highest levels of the IOC.
		Paris, to date, have had a relatively trouble-free run but bid chiefs will be walking on egg shells this week, dreading the unexpected that can suddenly derail their well laid-out plans.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,6935,2-9-32_1672981,00.html (396 words)

	2012 Summer Olympic bids at AllExperts
		Paris, France was considered by many to be the favourite to become the host city of the 2012 Olympics, after losing out to Barcelona and Beijing for the 1992 and 2008 Olympics respectively.
		The bid was dealt a setback when New York State refused to approve the construction of the West Side Stadium which was to be a main venue for the Olympics, and hampered the bid in the short-run.
		However, the New York bid was revived with the utilization of a new Mets Ballpark as the primary venue for athletics and the ceremonies.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/2012_summer_olympic_bids.htm (1792 words)

	Paris 2012 Olympic bid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The logo of the Paris 2012 bid on the front of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris.
		The Club des entreprises Paris 2012 is a 1901 association law which has the role of supporting the candidature of Paris 2012.
		Paris has committed to providing a legacy to the city, the region, French athletes and the community generally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris_2012_Olympic_bid (1217 words)

	2012 Olympic bid summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Madrid 2012 CEO Feliciano Mayoral insisted that the city that deserved to host the 2012 Olympic Games as “Madrid has never had the occasion to enjoy the Games, without controversies, it lives sport passionately, and in population-terms, is the best area in Europe that has not yet organised an Olympic Games”.
		Paris is viewed as a frontrunner in the 2012 race but Menn insisted that, “the five cities have equal chances.
		The IOC visit to Paris occurred in the midst of transport strikes, one in four trains was running and factories were shut down, though their tour of the Eiffel Tower, the Stade de France, and other proposed venues were unaffected.
	www.rics.org /Property/Commercialproperty/Leisureproperty/Sportsproperty/2012%20Olympic%20bid%20summary.html (916 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Paris turns gaudy in Olympic bid
		PARIS - When a city can credibly make claim to being the epicenter of culture, when the grandeur of its architecture is as striking as it is here in the French capital and its museums are second to none, you have a city that shouldn't be a tough sell.
		Olympic promoters in the British capital are trying to sell the city as an ideal venue based largely on the strength of its transportation system.
		Paris, he said, is waging its battle with hard work and integrity and no, he does not agree, he said, that the neon and the flags with the Paris Olympic bid logo with the hearts on them are out of character with the city.
	www.usolympicteam.com /19578_31206.htm (1288 words)

	Strikes and demonstrations menace Paris Olympic bid
		PARIS, March 9 (AFP) - The strong case mustered by Paris for the right to hold the 2012 Olympic Games could receive a serious blow Thursday when unions stage a day of strikes and demonstrations against the government just as IOC inspectors are touring the capital.
		The 13 members of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation team were already digesting alarming news stories of looting and violence that broke out on the margins of a demonstration by school students on Tuesday, the day of their arrival.
		Officials promoting the Paris bid were philosophical about the planned disruption, pointing out that the unions involved are unanimously behind the city's candidature and agreed to re-route the demonstration away from the inspectors' tour.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1359671/posts (824 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games
		Paris was considered the front runner, but the English edged their French counterparts in the decisive fourth-ballot vote, 54-40.
		The IOC had high praise for the candidate city in its evaluation report, writing that it "has proposed integrated Games that would facilitate a first-rate sports event." Paris would certainly be a beautiful backdrop and voters might feel it's the city's time after bypassing it in its previous 1992 and 2008 bids.
		The Proposal: One of the most compact and least expensive bids among the five cities, Madrid's concept is based on three main competition clusters in the east, central and west.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/olympics2012 (1384 words)

	Paris hopes flair and experience help win 2012 Olympic bid - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		PARIS -- As an American, Olympic champion Kerri Walsh supports New York's bid to host the 2012 Games -- but she still dreams of playing beach volleyball at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
		Paris was a target of terrorism in the mid-1990s, with Algerian Islamic insurgents setting off homemade bombs in subways, but France says the experience gave it expertise in fighting terror.
		While Paris commuters crammed aboard the few trains left running, IOC inspectors were ferried by bus and escorted by police motorcycles to Stade de France -- where they lunched on lobster mousse, fish and caramelized bananas.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_349230.html (827 words)

	Paris unveils 2012 Olympic bid, French News, France, Expatica
		The French bid stresses that much of the infrastructure needed to stage the Olympics was already in place with 14 of 32 stadiums constructed including the Stade de France in the northern suburb of St Denis which last August successfully hosted the World Athletics Championships.
		Paris is in competition with London, New York, Madrid, Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, Moscow, and Rio de Janeiro, with the International Olympic Committee deciding in Singapore on July 6, 2005.
		It will be a second straight bid by Paris to host the Olympics after the humiliation of finishing behind Beijing, Toronto and Istanbul in the first round of voting to hold the 2008 Olympics.
	www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=3738 (696 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Paris hopes 2012 bid towers over rest
		This city hasn't hosted the Olympics since 1924, and 85% of residents support the bid, according to an IOC survey in December by the polling firm MORI.
		Paris is the favorite in part because the city's proposal so closely follows the recommendations of a 2003 IOC report.
		Paris' bid is the cheapest among the leading contenders, thanks to a stadium and great public transportation already in place.
	www.olympic-usa.org /19578_35071.htm (1006 words)

	paris 2012 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Paris 2012 Olympic team is accused of breaking bid rules by using embassies to launch their bid.
		Paris (pte/Mar 3, 2005/15:55) - A record number of Parisians are said to have volunteered to help Paris 2012 host members of the International Olympic...
		PARIS (AFX) - Russia's Gazprom is "very close" to signing a long-term deal to supply natural gas to Gaz de France, said Alexander Medvedev, vice-chairman of the group's management committee.
	www.neapolis.it /immagini_ricerca/search/paris-2012.htm (456 words)

	RTÉ Sport: Paris' 2012 Olympic bid gets a boost
		Paris' bid for the 2012 Olympics was given a major boost today when French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin signed an agreement for €2.5 billion of state money to help finance the project.
		Paris, London, New York, Madrid and Moscow are bidding for the Games which will be awarded by the International Olympic Committee in Singapore next July.
		The IOC likes all bidding cities to have the full support of the public authorities so for the French government to commit itself so early is clearly an advantage.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/1102/olympics.html (238 words)

	IOC begins assessing Paris 2012 Olympic bid - Turkish Daily News Mar 10, 2005
		Themes:Paris' bid committee began presenting the first of its 17 themes to the panel on Wednesday morning, with another six to follow throughout the day, said Paris 2012 press officer Jerome Lenfant.
		The 2012 logo adorns the facades of the National Assembly and City Hall; lights in the colors of the logo are projected at night from the bridges of the Seine; and metros and buses have been decorated with Olympic bid slogans.
		The protest is not connected to the Olympic bid but threatens transport and may give IOC inspectors a taste of French labor unrest.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=7851 (688 words)

	Paris determined to win Olympic 2012 bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		While the French capital is regarded the favourite by Olympic commentators and bookmakers have installed the city as the one to beat, Baudillon adopted a pragmatic tone after arriving in Singapore on Wednesday.
		Apart from Paris and London, three other cities - New York, Madrid and Moscow are in the race to host the 2012 Summer Games.
		Criticism that Paris was lukewarm about hosting haunted its bids for the 1992 and 2008 Games.
	sport.monstersandcritics.com /news/printer_1026566.php (247 words)

	Olympic Panel Praises Paris; New York Bid Is Reeling - New York Times
		The New York bid for the 2012 Olympics was left scrambling for survival today as the proposed West Side Stadium project loomed near total defeat, all on the same day an International Olympic Committee report said the absence of a stadium was the one major drawback of the city's bid.
		Paris emerged from the report as the city with the fewest logistical issues.
		This is Paris' third bid for the Games in recent years, having lost out to Barcelona for 1992 and Beijing for 2008, and has altered the plans and approach based on its past failures.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/06/06/sports/05cnd-olympics.html?ex=1275710400&en=b7f597573603dd11&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (1035 words)

	London's Olympic dream in tatters \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited Sport
		The senior figures behind the capital's bid to stage the world's largest sporting event have admitted that they expect the French capital to win the five-city race when the decision is announced on 6 July.
		One member of the 2012 bid's board said London's chances of securing votes from the 117 members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were hampered by the government's perceived under-investment in sport and Britain's broken promise to hold this year's World Athletics Championships.
		Lord Coe, the double Olympic gold medal-winner who is running London's bid, maintains publicly that the race is still too close to call, but colleagues privately accept that Paris is favourite.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /london2012/story/0,14213,1401945,00.html (748 words)

	Paris bid for 2012 Summer Olympic Games, news & tourist information
		Throughout the bidding period, Paris maintained its position as favourite of the candidate cities to win the honour of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games.
		Paris already has a sophisticated transport network throughout the city which only needed minor adjustments and refinements to efficiently carry the vast number of people either involved in or visiting the Olympics.
		In spite of a national strike taking place during the crucial visit of the Olympic inspection team, Paris was confident as it looked forward with anticipation to the decision being announced in the summer of 2005 in SINGAPORE.
	www.olympicgames-news.com /paris.html (293 words)

	IOL: Paris's 2012 Olympic bid
		The Olympic village would be in Paris and most sites would be grouped in two clusters, one on the northern outskirts around the showcase Stade de France and one on the western fringes around the Roland Garros tennis stadium and the Parc des Princes soccer stadium.
		Dedicated Olympic lanes would be built between the village and the two clusters to avoid traffic congestion in the centre of Paris.
		The Paris bid has strong popular support with more than 80 percent of the French saying that hosting The Games in 2012 would be good for both the capital and the rest of the country.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=6&click_id=39&art_id=qw1120025888849S163 (916 words)

	OLY-2012-Paris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		PARIS (AP) - Paris 2012 Olympic bid leader Philippe Baudillon said Wednesday that smoothing out potential conflict with trade unions and an environmental group had strengthened the capital's campaign to host the Games.
		While Paris commuters crammed aboard the few trains left running, the IOC inspectors were taken around by bus and escorted by police motorcycles and cars.
		"If the Olympics take place in France they (environmental groups) will mobilize their best experts so that the environmental promises of the dossier are kept," he added.
	www.recorder.ca /cp/ogames/050622/o062209A.html (383 words)

	FT.com / In depth / London Olympics 2012 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lord Coe, the leader of London?s triumphant bid to stage the 2012 Olympics, has begun the preparations for staging the games by launching the search for a chief executive to take charge of the ?5bn project.
		Bertrand Delano?, the Socialist mayor of Paris, delivered a stinging attack on British tactics in the competition to host the 2012 Olympic Games, accusing the UK prime minister and his London bid team of ?not respecting the rules?.
		London's victory in the battle for the 2012 Olympics is a powerful political boost for Tony Blair, UK prime minister.
	www.ft.com /olympics (496 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| Olympics 2012 \| Paris launches Olympic bid
		Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe, who officially unveiled the city's bid, said: "It is an honour for us to request the 2012 Olympics to be held in Paris.
		Paris' ambitions of being the latest city to house the Games were rejected more than a decade ago when it was runner-up to Barcelona for the 1992 competition.
		The deadline for all submissions for the 2012 Games must be received by 15 July and the IOC will name the city hosts in Singapore on 6 July 2005.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/olympics_2004/olympics_2012/3046415.stm (364 words)

	Street riots mar Paris bid for 2012 Olympics \| France \| Europe \| International News \| News \| Telegraph
		The chances of Paris hosting the 2012 Olympics suffered a setback yesterday with scuffles and tear gas spreading through the city centre as inspectors from the International Olympic Committee arrived.
		But the Olympic officials avoided the violence and were quickly shuttled to the Grand Hotel Intercontinental, where they spent the night ahead of their four-day inspection.
		The Paris bid committee is hoping that the main CFDT union's pledge to respect an "Olympic truce" during the Games will calm inspectors' concerns about industrial strife sabotaging the event.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/09/woly09.xml (415 words)

	Paris gets favourable response in 2012 Olympic bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Paris’ bid for the 2012 Olympics is enjoying second highest rating from the French public compared with rival cities.
		It placed Paris bid to command 85 per cent endorsement by the French public, only second to Madrid, who polled 91 per cent from the Spaniards.
		The Paris Bid Team is careful not to offend the French public that on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected the European Union constitution by spending extravagantly on the games, crafted around the theme Lamour Des Jeux, which means For the Love of the Games.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/print/news.php?articleid=21935 (258 words)

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