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Australia's top intelligence agency has assured foreign governments it was ready to handle any terrorism threat at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and had beefed up surveillance and increased staff numbers.
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Australia's second-largest city Melbourne is bidding to host the 2005 swimming world championships after failing to win the right to host the athletics championships.
Business

Orad Hi-Tec Systems has signed an agreement to acquire France?s Getris S.A.
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CART has signed a deal with a radio station in Detroit to join its radio network for the remainder of the 2000 season.
Business

The world?s richest football club, Manchester United, is set to appoint a spin doctor to improve its public image.
Business

Symah Vision has signed an exclusive agreement in Korea with Sky Investment Advisors Group (SIAG) and its newly created Ad Virtual Co. Ltd - with the aim of expanding its business in Asia.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has said the island might back rival Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
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The Pan-american Sports Network (PSN) will broadcast approximately 100 hours of live coverage of The Championships at Wimbledon which begins next week.
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The Rizla+ Dutch TT will be a milestone for TV broadcasts of MotoGP, as tests for the implementation of Dolby Surround audio quality will be performed.
Business

NFL team the Denver Broncos are to put the naming rights for their new stadium up for sale.
Business

BBC Sport has struck back following the morale-sapping loss of Premier League broadcast highlights to terrestrial rivals ITV.
Events

Video-on-demand (VOD) specialist Yes is to launch a new dedicated sports channel in the UK.
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The BBC licked its wounds on Thursday after losing television rights to England's top-flight soccer but the government said it would not cough up more money for the public broadcaster.
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Be Here, a US provider of internet video technology, and FOX Sports Net have teamed up to explore ways of adapting internet technology to live sports television production.
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The Scottish Premier League and BBC Scotland have signed a deal to allow supporters worldwide to hear live internet broadcasts of every league game next season.
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Sydney's Olympic organisers (SOCOG) have rejected a plan to discount unsold tickets to this year's Games, angering Australian community and welfare groups.
Business

Rights to screen English Premier League football for the next three years have fetched #1.6 billion ( $2.4 billion) according to sources closes to the bidding process. The breakdown will be announced at a press conference in London at 6.30pm ( London) today.
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UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has won the rights to broadcast exclusive coverage of the England cricket tour to the West Indies in 2004.