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                    [Title] => IOC to advise national Olympic bodies on Zika virus
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The IOC will advise all national Olympic bodies on how to deal with the Zika virus ahead of the games in Rio de Janeiro.

 
[DatePublished] => 2016-01-28 20:20:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20160129/ps-ioc-bach.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1437032 [Title] => Rio mayor: Olympics 'wasted' chance for water cleanup [Summary] =>

Rio de Janeiro's mayor has acknowledged that the run-up to the 2016 Olympic games has proven a "wasted opportunity" to clean up the city's blighted waterways.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-24 08:34:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150324/brazil-dirty-water.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1429231 [Title] => Rio Ruckus: IOC, Olympics targeted by environmental protest [Summary] =>

IOC President Thomas Bach came to Rio de Janeiro to laud the city's progress in getting ready for the 2016 Olympics.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-02 01:24:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756716 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wilson and Stephen Wade [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1428949 [Title] => IOC defends Rio 2016 environmental impact [Summary] =>

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended the environmental impact of the Rio 2016 Games after activists tried to disrupt a meeting of the organization's top officials on Saturday.

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Brazil will not make good on its commitment to clean up Rio de Janeiro's sewage-filled Guanabara Bay by the 2016 Olympic Games, state environmental officials acknowledged in a letter obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

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Top officials of the 2016 Rio Olympics and the chief of staff for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met for two hours Tuesday and repeated assurances that, despite well-publicized delays, test events and the games themselves will meet proposed deadlines.

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With IOC officials in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday to monitor progress on the 2016 Olympics, the city's Mayor Eduardo Paes acknowledged that work on a large cluster of venues is far behind schedule.

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Olympic sports federations will be monitoring efforts to clean up the polluted waters around Rio de Janeiro to prevent health risks to athletes at the 2016 Games.

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Ipanema gives its customers the chance to join Rio Carnival in 2012 with the “Spoil Your Sole to Rio Carnival Raffle,” which will fly one lucky winner as a VIP to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with his chosen friend.

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