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Monty HRH Queen Elizabeth II corgi has died

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LONDON—Buckingham Palace says one of Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis, who took a star turn in the James Bond sketch during the Olympics opening ceremony, has died.

Monty and two other of the queen’s beloved corgis appeared in a James Bond sketch during the opening ceremony, greeting Daniel Craig’s James Bond as he arrived at the palace to accept a More >

Olympics, Anti-doping plans to conduct testing based on intelligence

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Perhaps the James Bond theme at the Olympic opening ceremony was not so far-fetched after all. The anti-doping authorities are planning to conduct target testing based on intelligence operations.

“We are stepping up the fight against doping from Olympics to Olympics,” Professor Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the International Olympic Committee’s More >

Local students and troops, fill empty Olympic seats

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LOCAL students and troops are getting free tickets to the London Games after blocks of prime seats were left empty at some of the Olympic venues.

Organizing chief Lord Sebastian Coe responded to widespread criticism after the first full day of competition by predicting that seats left unused, largely by the Olympics and sports officials, will stop More >

About 500 hundred people march against the Olympics

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About 500 people critical of the economic impact of the London Olympics marched overnight near the Olympic Park, to send a message that not all of Britain is behind the Games.

The protest march came hours after police arrested more than 130 bicyclists who had defied an order to avoid cycling in groups around the stadium during Friday night’s More >

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