China Reveals Plan for Olympic Car Ban. By Charles Wheland, AFP, June 20, 2008. "Beijing will ban more than one million cars from the streets during the Olympics in an effort to curb pollution and ease traffic gridlock, the government confirmed Friday. Cars with odd- and even-numbered license plates will be ruled off the roads on alternate days for two months starting July 20, the Beijing government said... Some of the 10,000 athletes coming to the Olympics have expressed concerns about the health impact of competing in the capital city. Ethiopian distance great Haile Gebrselassie, who suffers from asthma, has said he had no intention of 'committing suicide' by running the marathon there."
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