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2016 Summer Olympics

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Aug 04

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News Wrap: Christian charity worker in Israel charged with diverting funds to Hamas

By PBS News Hour

In our news wrap Thursday, Mohammed El-Halabi, the head of a Christian charity’s operations in Israel, was accused of diverting donations to Hamas to build tunnels and buy weapons. He appeared in court on charges he siphoned up to $50…

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Aug 04

Watch 10:42
Behind the shocking sexual abuse allegations facing USA Gymnastics

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For years, executives in charge of gymnastics’ national governing body have been ignoring allegations of sexual abuse by coaches of young athletes, reported USA Today’s IndyStar on Thursday. Judy Woodruff speaks with investigative reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski and Nancy Hogshead-Makar, lawyer…

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Aug 02

Watch 9:51
4 days before the Olympic Games start, Rio seems far from ready

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With the Rio Olympics only days away, the city remains plagued by problems, including political unrest, infrastructure failures and heavy traffic. Jeff Brown speaks with Paulo Sotero of the Woodrow Wilson Center, “Brazilianaires” author Alex Cuadros and NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro…

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Aug 01

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What we can expect to see from Team U.S.A.

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It’s five days away from the opening ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christine Brennan of USA Today joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about Olympic medal hopes for the U.S. team, plus how the Russian doping scandal will affect the…

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Jul 24

Olympic committee will not ban all Russian athletes after doping scandal

By Michael D. Regan

The International Olympic Committee on Sunday ruled it will not ban all Russian athletes from next month's competition in Rio following a doping scandal that already has caused the country's track and field team to be disqualified. Officials from the…

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May 31

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Violence flares in Rio’s slums just months before Summer Olympics

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As Brazil prepares for its first Olympic Games, violence is flaring in the notorious favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro. While a paramilitary policing initiative known as “pacification” stemmed the tide of drugs and crime for a while, economic downturn and…

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May 12

Watch 4:36
Three months before Olympics, Brazil impeaches its president

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Months of political turmoil in Brazil reached a divisive climax Thursday, as the Senate voted 55-22 to impeach and suspend President Dilma Rousseff on charges of illegally manipulating finances to hide a government deficit. As the country prepares to host…

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Oct 18

Watch 1:55
Organizers scrap viral tests of Rio’s sewage-filled waters ahead of Olympics

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The organizers of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said this week they do not plan to test the human sewage-laden waterways that will be home to aquatic events for viruses that athletes fear could make them…

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Apr 05

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‘Water is not rubbish’: Rio art exhibit uses trash to fix pollution problem ahead of Olympics

By PBS News Hour

An art exhibition in Rio de Janeiro called Achados da Guanabara (Found in Guanabaraa) is trying to call attention to the city's pollution problem a year before the 2016 Summer Olympics by putting trash from a major bay on display…

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