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2016 Bid Cities Attend EOC General Assembly In Istanbul
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GB Staff on Wednesday, November 19, 2008  11:23am EST
 
Tuesday a delegation from Chicago 2016 traveled to Istanbul Turkey to present
Chicago's bid at the European Olympic Committees (EOC) General Assembly taking
place November

2016 Bid Cities At Sport Congress
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GB Staff on Monday, November 3, 2008  11:02am EST
 
Officials from the 2016 bid cities of Tokyo and Madrid are in Malaysia attending
the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 12th World Sport for All Congress

2016 Summer Games Bid Cities At Asia’s Olympic Council
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GB Staff on Tuesday, October 21, 2008  1:23pm EDT
 
Representatives from the four cities shortlisted by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC), Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, are at the Olympic
Council of

Coe Doesn’t Favour Chicago 2016 – London 2012
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GB Staff on Saturday, October 4, 2008  2:22pm EDT
 
According to insidethegames, London 2012 officials denied Friday a British
newspaper report that Chicago was using London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe as an
adviser, upsetting

Chicago 2016 Dot-Com-troversy Heats Up
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GB Editor on Friday, September 26, 2008  9:16pm EDT
 
The Chicago 2016 bid's attempt to quickly take control of the coveted
Chicago2016.com domain name from entrepeneur Steve Frayne has failed and it will
now

IOC Announces 2016 Summer Games Evaluation Commission
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GB Staff on Thursday, September 18, 2008  11:25am EDT
 
The 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games Evaluation Commission was announced
by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thursday and is headed by Nawal El
Moutawakel

Tokyo 2016 Bid Gains Momentum At Marunouchi Kids Festa 2008
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GB Staff on Wednesday, August 13, 2008  11:08am EDT
 
Tokyo 2016 wants to build the support of Japan's youth at the Marunouchi Kids
Festa 2008 in Tokyo. Former professional athletes were united with thousands

Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival Promotes 2016 Bid
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GB Staff on Monday, August 11, 2008  11:30am EDT
 
About 700,000 people gathered Sunday evening at the proposed site of the Tokyo
2016 Olympic Stadium situated in the heart of Tokyo and surrounding areas

Japan’s Prime Minister Supports Tokyo 2016
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GB Staff on Saturday, August 9, 2008  2:34pm EDT
 
Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan, attended the 2008 Summer Games Opening
Ceremony in Beijing to show his support for Tokyo's 2016 bid. He was

USA House In Beijing Promotes Chicago 2016 Bid
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GB Staff on Saturday, August 9, 2008  2:29pm EDT
 
A Chicago 2016 delegation, including Chairman and CEO Patrick G. Ryan and
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, greeted former President George H.W. Bush,
several members