Fireworks and weather worries around the Olympics in the first day of athletics.
Warnings that smog would hinder performance have persisted despite an $18 billion campaign to clean the air around the city by shutting down smokestack industry and forcing cars off the roads. Moreover, a Chinese man stabbed an American tourist to death and injured another near a popular tourist spot in Beijing on Saturday, August 09, 2008. Police say the attacker then jumped to his death.
Source: Reuters
Publishing Date: Wed., Aug 13, 2008 / Sha`ban 12,1429
