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The first episode of "Sports Illustrated" will air three days before the opening ceremony of Olympics.
WSJ: Sports Illustrated, NBC Team Up for Television Show
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Paralympic tickets go back on sale on 21 May, exactly 100 days before the opening ceremony of the Games.
BBC: London 2012: Olympic ticket priority sales dates revealed
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The revision came days before the opening of the six-month Shanghai World Expo, which organizers expect will draw more than 70 million people.
CNN: WHO commends China on repeal of AIDS ban
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G4S had been contracted to supply 10, 400 security guards out of a force of 23, 700 for the London Games, but the U.K. government was forced to draft in 3, 500 soldiers and police personnel after the company admitted it couldn't meet its targets just 16 days before the opening event.
WSJ: Social Media
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As the days run out before its opening, though, publicity has been negligible.
ECONOMIST: Art for the Olympics
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The attacking batsman was injured during a fielding session, three days before his team's opening match against Pakistan.
BBC: India suffer Yuvraj injury blow
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There will also be a special prefestival screening of "Man of Steel, " the Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill, on June 12, two days before the film's official opening.
WSJ: Los Angeles Film Festival to Include Mideast Focus
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The show, which features music by U2's Bono and The Edge, opened in November 2010 but spent months in previews and then retooling before officially opening a few days after the Tony Awards in June 2011.
WSJ: Settlement reached in 'Spider-Man' B'way musical
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The swimmers will train in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, Germany until 28 July before flying into Manchester, three days after the opening ceremony.
BBC: Aussies don flying masks
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The South Africa squad will have four days off before they leave for England on Sunday, opening their Champions Trophy campaign against Bangladesh on 12 September.
BBC: SPORT | Cricket | Simons to stay at SA helm
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Days before the opener, the Mets were offering free seats to games later in the week to fans buying opening day tickets.
WSJ: Main attractions missing from Padres-Mets opener
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But only two days before the event, it was announced that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would make the opening address.
ECONOMIST: Islam��s political football