OFF TOPIC -- Sports:
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/olympics/06/23/bc.oly.russia.china.medals.ap/index.html
"Russia, China join forces to top U.S."
Posted: Thursday June 23, 2005 1:36PM; Updated: Thursday June 23, 2005 1:36PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia and China are joining forces in a bid to dethrone the United States as the top medal winner at the Summer Olympics.
"To beat America we need to unite our efforts and knowledge ... to achieve better results in swimming and track and field, where they [the Americans] are strong," Russian Olympic Committee chief Leonid Tyagachev told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The national Olympic committees of both countries reached an agreement to help each other surpass the Americans' medal count at the 2008 Beijing Games."
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050627-010217-7779r.htm
"Beijing devoted to weakening 'enemy' U.S., defector says"
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 27, 2005