Genson Courtney, 23, was shot through the left eye in Greenwich, south-east London, in July 2011.

BBC: Genson Courtney

Thursday marks the deadline for a clutch of candidate cities to host the 2016 games, but with London's bill to host the 2012 Olympics growing to eye-watering heights, one wonders if the enthusiasm from Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid will be tempered by the economic downturn.

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By comparison, the London Eye, the popular 12-year-old tourist attraction on the South Bank near Parliament, is 443 feet tall, while Deno's Wonder Wheel at Coney Island stands 150 feet high.

WSJ: Ferris Wheel Eyed for Ferry Terminal

StemCell Ventures is working with the University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology to devise a patch containing adult-eye stem cells that could be implanted in the eye in hopes of restoring vision.

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Mr Betondi claimed he was told by doctors at Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London he had fractured his nose and some of the bones around his eye and urgently needed reconstructive surgery.

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One of the companies doing such work, Realeyes, which is based in London, has been developing a system that combines eye-spying webcams with emotional analysis.

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