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ANCIENT OLYMPIA air jordan 12 dark grey for sale , Greece, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea is ready to give the world great Winter Olympic Games in February 2018, President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) Lee Hee-beom said on Monday from ancient Olympia in western Greece, the birthplace of the Games.


"We are ready to welcome the world jordan 12 dark grey 2017 for sale ," he told a press briefing here, after the dress rehearsal of the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame which will be burning for the PyeongChang Games was successfully held on the site which hosted the first Olympics 2,500 years ago.


All venues are complete and hosts are set to deliver successful Games on Feb. 9-25, he said.


PyeongChang Winter Olympic Organizing Committee's vision is opening new horizons jordan 12 retro dark grey for sale , and cross border cooperation to promote the ideals of the Games is essential, the South Korean delegation stressed.


As Beijing will host the next Winter Olympics in 2022, POCOG is already cooperating with Chinese officials to exchange knowhow, Lee told Xinhua.


"Olympic Games is not only a sports event jordan 12 dark grey suede for sale , but also a culture event and an event of technology... We can share our experience... We are sharing steps... We will work together to share experience," he said.


"In terms of working together we are already working very closely together," Kim Jae-youl, executive vice president of the POCOG jordan 12 dark grey for sale , stressed, adding that for the host countries the Games represent a great opportunity to develop winter sports.


Greek cross-country skier and biathlon athlete Apostolos Angelis who was chosen as the first torchbearer also expressed hope that more people will get inspired to take up sports and discover how they bring people closer.


Angelis has been a torchbearer in the past for the Sochi and the Vancouver Winter Olympics, but on Tuesday when the official flame lighting ceremony will be conducted at Olympia, it will be the first time he will lead the torch relay.


"The moment is unique. It is so different when you carry the Flame at your home Shop Men's Air Jordan Jumpman Pro Mid Black Cat All Black Online Sale ," he told Xinhua. after Monday's rehearsal inside the ancient stadium where he received the Flame from Greek actress Katerina Lehou playing the role of an ancient High Priestess.


Using the rays of the sun, Lehou lit the torch out of a parabolic mirror praying to the Gods to bring peace to the world and help the South Korean city host successful Games.


The torch relay across Greece will end when Greek organizers will pass the flame to the South Korean delegation in a handover ceremony at the Panathinaic Stadium in Athens on Oct. 31.








VANCOUVER， June 20， 2016 (Xinhua) -- People walk at a closed street during the Car Free Day event in Vancouver， Canada， June 20， 2016. Busy streets in four main communitites in Vancouver were closed to cars during the annual Car Free Day event， which aims to encourage less car usage by the public. (XinhuaLiang Sen)


HANOI, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam "vehemently protests" Canada's passage of the Bill S-219 or the so-called "Journey to Freedom Day Act" relating to Vietnamese refugees.


The remark was made by Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokesperson Le Hai Binh on Friday in responding to Canada's passage of the bill, reported Vietnam News Buy Cheap Mens Air Jordan 11 Low IE Fire Red White Fire Red-Black 919712-101 Clearance , an edition of state- run news agency VNA on Saturday.


"S-219 was an absolutely wrong bill and had content that distort the history on Vietnamese people's struggle for national liberation and reunification, which had received support from the international community, including Canada," Binh said.


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Binh said that over the past years, both Vietnam and Canada have been making efforts to strengthen their relationship. "We hopes that Canada is aware of the negative impact of the passage of S-219, takes remedial measures and prevents recurrence of similar events Mens Air Jordan 11 Chicago Gym Red Black White 378037-623 For Sale ," he said.


Also on Friday, the Vietnamese foreign ministry summoned the Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam to express the nation's protest and make clear Vietnam's stand on the issue.


The "Journey to Freedom Day Act", which was introduced in the Canadian Senate in April 2014 by Vietnam-born Senator Thanh Hai Ngo, designates April 30 as a day to commemorate Vietnamese "boat people" Canada has received after the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War.


Vietnam is organizing a series of activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam that eventually led to national reunification.


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RIO DE JANEIRO， Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The governor of Brazil's northern Roraima state requested the deployment of 100 National Security Force officers after 33 inmates of a prison in the state were killed in a riot.


Governor Maria Suely Campos said that the request is urgent and that ensuring safety at the prison in the city of Boa Vista is an absolute priority.


She also requested the transfer of eight criminal gang leaders to prisons outside her state and 9 million reais (2.8 million U.S. dollars) to expand a prison and build a new one.


The governor requested help in November 2016 after a prison riot that killed 10 inmates， but her request was unanswered.


This time， the federal administration decided to send troops to Roraima and agreed to transfer drug lords out of the state.


The National Security Force troops are expected to arrive at Roraima on Tuesday.


Federal troops will also be deployed in the state of.