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Bird's Nest loses its glamour

An interesting article appeared in the Singapore Straits Times newspaper over the weekend about the Bird’s Nest stadium, the iconic venue for the Summer Olympic Games. It’s fallen into disuse, and apparently is looking not-so-shiny. Here’s the ... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Mon, Feb 09 2009

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