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Google's special doodle marks Paralympics 2018
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Google is celebrating the commencement of the Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang city of South Korea with a special doodle.
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S Korean President to send special envoys to N Korea
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 4 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday will send his special envoys to North Korea for talks this week, signalling a further thaw in the relations between the two Koreas, that has warmed rapidly over the last few weeks.
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US Olympics Committee chief resigns
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 1 (ANI): US Olympics Committee (USOC) chief Scott Blackmun resigned citing health problems as the reason, according to various media reports.
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IOC reinstates Russia's Olympic membership, says country
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb 28 (ANI): The head of Russia's Olympic Committee (ROC) has claimed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reinstated his organisation's membership.
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IOC restores Russia's Olympic membership
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [U.K], Feb 28 (ANI): The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has said that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) fully `restored` his organisation's membership after suspending them over doping allegation from 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
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N. Korean athletes to participate in South Paralympics
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 28 (ANI): North Korea will next week send athletes to South Korea to participate in PyeongChang Paralympics scheduled to take place in March, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday.
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PyeongChang Winter Olympics concludes
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 25 (ANI): The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics concluded with a spectacular closing ceremony here on Sunday.
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China asks US to 'withdraw' N Korean sanctions
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Beijing [China], Feb 25 (ANI): China on Saturday asked the United States to "withdraw" the sanctions imposed on North Korea.
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Trump announces new sanctions on N Korea
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced new sanctions on North Korea, specifically targeting the country's shipping and trading companies, in a fitting response to further isolate the communist country economically.
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S. Korean President, Ivanka Trump stress need for peace
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Seoul [South korea], Feb 23 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in in a meeting with Ivanka Trump, who is leading a US delegation to the closing of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, on Friday reiterated the need to maintain the ongoing mood of dialogue and reconciliation between North
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N Korea to send delegation for closing ceremony of Pyeongchang Games
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Seoul [South Korea], Feb 23 (ANI): North Korea will send a high-level delegation to attend the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Games which is scheduled for Sunday.
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Winter Olympics: Russia curler stripped of medal for doping
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England [U.K.], Feb 22 (ANI): Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky, who won bronze at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, has been stripped of his medal after being found guilty of doping.
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