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\r\n\"[I]f\r\nthere is one thing that we can take from the Olympic motto,\r\n‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ – Higher,\r\nFaster, Stronger – is that in foreign policy we must always\r\nstrive to build on the achievements of the past, whether it is to\r\nextend human rights and freedom, protect our global environment, or\r\nsupport peace in conflict-ravaged countries.\"
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\r\n[<\/span>UK\r\nForeign Minister William Hague, press conference held on the opening\r\nday of the 2012 London Olympics, 27 July 2012<\/span>] (*)<\/span>
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\r\n(*)\r\nOlympic\r\nTruce: a source of optimism and inspiration in a troubled world <\/span><\/span>
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\r\nBritish\r\nForeign & Commonwealth Office website, 27 July 2012<\/span>
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.fco.gov.uk\/en\/news\/latest-news\/?view=Speech&id=794071982
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\r\nOne\r\nthing the military sets you up for is cheerfulness in the face of\r\nadversity <\/span>(*)<\/span>
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\r\nThe\r\nmilitary has come a long way in helping turn injured service personnel\r\ninto stars of the Paralympic movement<\/span>
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\r\nby\r\nArthur Williams, The Guardian, 30 August 2012<\/span>
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/blog\/2012\/aug\/29\/paralympics-military-support?INTCMP=SRCH
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\r\nParalympic\r\nhero: I was dead in a body bag... now I’m going for gold<\/span> (*)<\/span>
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\r\nSquaddie\r\nDerek Derenalagi is aiming for glory in the London Paralympics\r\n— five years after he was declared dead in a Taliban bomb\r\nattack.<\/span>
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\r\nby\r\nAmy Jones, The Sun, 29 August 2012<\/span>
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/sport\/olympics\/paralympics\/4509132\/Paralympic-hero-Derek-Derenalagi-going-for-gold-five-years-after-being-declared-dead-in-Taliban-bomb-attack.html
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\r\nParalympic\r\nrallying call from soldier hero of Afghanistan: Spirit of games to last\r\na lifetime<\/span> (*)<\/span>
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\r\nPrince\r\nHarry nominee to carry torch ahead of opening ceremony<\/span>
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\r\nby\r\nRoss Lydall and Rob Parsons, London Evening Standard, 29 August 2012<\/span>
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/olympics\/paralympics\/let-spirit-of-games-last-a-lifetime-says-double-amputee-soldier-nominated-to-carry-paralympic-torch-by-prince-harry-8092185.html
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\r\nThe\r\n7\/7 bombing victim and the wounded soldier: two team-mates who embody\r\nthe spirit of the Courageous Games<\/span>
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\r\nThe\r\ntwo women, one a former soldier, the other a victim of the \r\n7\/7 bombings, will compete side by side for Great Britain, brought\r\ntogether by two appalling – and very different –\r\nacts of violence.<\/span>
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\r\nby\r\nRussell Myers, Jo Macfarlane and Martha Kelner, Mail on Sunday, 26\r\nAugust 2012<\/span>
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\r\nLondon’s\r\nmilitarised Olympic games conjures up Orwell’s 1984<\/span>
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\r\nby\r\nFinian Cunningham, Global Research, 15 July 2012<\/span>
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&aid=31908
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\r\nWar\r\nzone Britain: Welcome to the Olympics<\/span>
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\r\nby\r\nFelicity Arbuthnot, Global Research, 13 July 2012<\/span>
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\r\npropaganda\r\nalerts:<\/span>
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\r\nBritish\r\ngovernment: 13,500 troops to be deployed for the London 2012 Olympics<\/span>
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\r\nby\r\nCem Ertür, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center, 16\r\nDecember 2011<\/span>
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\r\nBritain’s\r\nsports stars at the service of war propaganda<\/span>
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2011\/11\/11\/18698944.php
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