Olympics 2008

Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists who tried to unfurl a Tibetan flag outside the main Olympics venue on Thursday, squelching the latest attempt to demonstrate during the Beijing Games.

Jimmy Page will team up with British singer Leona Lewis to perform Led Zeppelin's rock classic Whole Lotta Love at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

The world's human rights groups are frustrated and angered by the Beijing Olympics because they're convinced China has been let off the hook for serious abuses.

The cost of the Olympic opening ceremony in blood and sweat is starting to emerge.

Nicole Kidman sent a message of support to the Australian men's sailing team and they won a medal just hours later.

Move over Tony the Tiger, here comes Olympic champion Michael Phelps.

A pro-Tibet group says Chinese police have detained five American activists.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has dropped plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing.

The mother-in-law of Hugh McCutcheon, who was stabbed and her husband killed in Beijing, is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering in Minnesota.

China says there have been 77 applications from people wanting to protest in designated demonstration areas during the Beijing Olympics.