Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day. Part of this analysis extracts entities and entity related information from clusters of stories.The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/32269.htmlenhttp://news.ert.gr/c/8/34450.asphttp://news.ert.gr/c/8/34450.aspThe organizers of the Olympic Games are discontent with US choice to assign as flag bearer of theri country Lopez Lomong, a former refugee from Sudan which is in diplomatic conflicts with US and the western countriesThu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200ert-en-c621504916fad8eb95f934a6c6da37f0ert-enenhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/olympics/2006/writers/02/12/kwan/index.html?section=cnn_mostpopularhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/olympics/2006/writers/02/12/kwan/index.html?section=cnn_mostpopularMichelle Kwan's 12-year Olympic odyssey ended early Sunday morning, about 2:15 a.m. Turin time, when the USOC's Dr. Jim Moeller determined she had re-injured her right groin during her first practice in Italy, less than twelve hours after she had marched in Opening Ceremonies. Within minutes Kwan made the difficult decision to take herself off the team. The five-time world champion and nine-time U.S. champion will be replaced by 17-year-old Emily Hughes, who was eating a Sarah Gold sushi roll at a Japanese restaurant when she got the news from USFSA executive director David Raith. Grounded by the blizzard that has blanketed the East Coast, it's unclear when Hughes will be able to get to Turin, though she promises it will be before the ladies competition begins nine days from now, on Feb. 21.Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100RSS-cnn-ed240fa2deac637adaae7dc84d2c984fRSS-cnnen