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Monitor Articles for August 18, 2008
Former Olympic sports
For Beijing’s businesses, the Games fall short of gold
Amid injury, an opportunity to exhibit Olympic traits
The agony: Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang drops out of race
With only one gold, Isinbaeva still the best ever
China tightens grip on protesters
Pakistan weak as militancy surges
'New Europe' urges West to rethink Russian ties
Zimbabwe: Power-sharing talks end in stalemate
Etc.
USA
World
McCain: Cone of silence or no cone of silence?
Rick Warren's "Cone of Silence" - update one
In Florida, McCain jabs Obama on NASA funding
After Georgia, what future for NATO?
Record number of US contractors in Iraq
Letters to the Editor
The critical pick: secretary of State
What it takes to run for Olympic gold
Phelps the phenom
Even the 'comfortable' face the need to alter spending habits
Financial Q&A: Investing an inheritance on the brink of retirement
Feeling pinched? It's no time to crack the nest egg.
Beijing residents discover blue skies, stars
US to convert coal for jets
Back-to-school laptop report card
The Underneath
Expensive college textbooks
A Georgia church tries drive-in worship
Traffic stoppers
Teachers learn new things at camp, too
Grandmother worked hard for the right to vote
Caches of bicycles and baseball caps
Hey, squirrels, I want some tomatoes, too
Pick up peaches
'Tis the season for crape myrtle