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Olympic budget boosted to $2b

The budget for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been increased from $1.6 billion to $2 billion to finance enhanced security measures, a top official said on Friday. Liu Jingmin, executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sat, Oct 20 2007

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