Tag: Olympics

Pelosi: Sochi a ‘Very Bad Choice to Have the Olympics’

Pelosi: Sochi a ‘Very Bad Choice to Have the Olympics’

Daniel Halper · February 7, 2014 3:22 pm

Google makes statement about Russian anti-gay law

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2014 8:59 am

Afghan president heads to Sochi

Afghan president heads to Sochi

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2014 8:44 am

Members of the Australian Olympic team arrive for a welcome ceremony at the Mountain Olympic Village prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

SOCHI SCENE: Boxing Kangaroo Returns

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 7:41 am

People buys some of Mukhmunad Ashabokova's tangerines off of her cart at the Abkhazian border Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, near Sochi, Russia. Most days in the tangerine season, she rolls her squat cart loaded down with the fruit across the bridge over Psou River from her garden about two miles inside Abkhazia. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Along the border near Sochi, a ring of steel rises

Steven Hurst · February 7, 2014 6:57 am

A worker walks along the roof of the Bolshoy Ice Dome at dusk while last minute preparations are underway, a day before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

SOCHI SCENE: Waving the flag

The Associated Press · February 7, 2014 6:06 am

A Russian child yawns while others wave the national flag as the Russian national anthem is played during the live telecast of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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Soviet hammer and sickle symbols featured at Sochi Olympic opening ceremonies in Russia

Charlie Spiering · February 7, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, July 8, 2013 file photo, an airplane of Aeroflot flight rolls out in preparation for a takeoff seen through a window of Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia. The U.S. Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes. The threat was passed onto airlines that have direct flights to Russia, including some that originate in the United States, according to a law enforcement official speaking Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the warning. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Banned carry-on items get through Russian security

Karl Ritter · February 6, 2014 11:11 pm

US bans carry-on liquids on Russia flights

National Security

US bans carry-on liquids on Russia flights

Alicia Caldwell · February 6, 2014 10:42 pm

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2012 file photo shows cups of Chobani Yogurt at Chobani Greek Yogurt in South Edmeston, N.Y. Team USA sponsor Chobani, which is based in upstate New York, says it has 5,000 cups of Greek yogurt sitting in a refrigerated warehouse waiting to be flown to the Olympic village. But Russian authorities say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has refused to provide a certificate that is required for dairy products under its customs rules. A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman says the agency is working with its Russian counterpart to reach a solution to allow the Chobani shipment to go through despite the lack of agreement on general trade requirements for dairy products.(AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

US yogurt destined for Olympics hits import snag

Mary Esch · February 6, 2014 10:05 pm

From Sydney to Sochi: Olympics evolves online

From Sydney to Sochi: Olympics evolves online

Anick Jesdanun · February 6, 2014 9:02 pm

Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek of Italy compete in the team pairs short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Review: NBC Olympics online deserves silver medal

Anick Jesdanun · February 6, 2014 8:33 pm