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Record for births, marriages on Olympic opening day

The first Olympic baby, a 2.morning at Peking University First Hospital in Beijing's Haidian district. Shi Yanmin gave birth to a baby girl at 10:48 a.the opening day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Shi's husband Wu Hongbin said he and his wife would name the baby Ao Yun, or "Olympic Games. "I wanted to give birth on Aug 8 because it's a historic day," said a 38-year-old woman, surnamed Xie, at the Hunan Provincial Maternal and Children Health Hospital. Another mother, Xie, was one of several women who underwent births by Caesarean section Friday, said a head nurse surnamed Li at the hospital, Xinhua reported Friday. At least 200 babies were born Friday in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, the China News Service reported. Hospitals in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, brought in more than 100 extra beds in the past two days in anticipation of Olympic births, news.s Friday also set a world record for marriage registrations on a single day.their marriage certificates by 3:00 p. As Chinese people regard the number eight as auspicious, Aug 8, 2008, is a popular day to tie the knot, especially this year, when it marks the start of the Beijing Olympics. The Chaoyang district civil affairs bureau had worked the last three weekends in preparation for the 2,500 couples - fivefold the figure on Aug 8 last year - registering their marriages at the bureau. Many officials and staff stayed up all Thursday night in their efforts to ensure everything went smoothly. "We have streamlined the procedure for issuing today's certificates as well as on-the-site registration," He Tieqing, spokesman for the bureau, said. "We are so excited to be officially married," said 30-year-old Beijinger Zhang Ying, flourishing her certificate outside the Chaoyang district civil affairs bureau. "The date 08-08 means double happiness for us - the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and our marriage registration," said Zhang, hand-in-hand with her husband Zhang Jingchuan. "I am really impressed by the long lines of couples waiting to get their marriage certificates on this special day," Oliver Chouchana, a photojournalist at the French fashion magazine Marie Claire, told About 6,000 couples in Shanghai, 15 times more than normal, were estimated to have registered their marriage certificates Friday. "The opportunity to be host country of the Olympics be remembered forever," Chen Yanzhang, 29, at the Luwan District Marriage Chen, who works for an IT company, and his 25-year-old wife, Zhang Xiaoming, a graduate student, booked their registration online three weeks in advance Both took a day's leave for the occasion. Three couples exchanged vows at midday on Aug 8 at the Luwan Marriage Registration Center. "All were almost weeping with emotion," said Jiang Yingying, the marriage registrar.

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Chinese Islamic Group Threatens Attack at Beijing Olympics - 2008 Summer Olympics

BEIJING, China — An Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Summer Games released a new video claiming the communist regime's alleged mistreatment of Muslims justifies holy war, a U.S. group that monitors militant communications said Thursday.

In the video, a representative of the Turkistan Islamic Party accuses China of forcing Muslims into atheism and destroying Islamic schools, according to the SITE Institute. SITE says the group issued the video on Wednesday.

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The representative says China's birth control program has forced abortions upon Muslim women. He also reiterated threats against the Olympics made in a previous video last month and urged Muslims to stay away from the games.

News of the video came just hours after U.S. President George W. Bush landed in Beijing for a three day visit to attend the games opening ceremony and some sports events.

The video was in the Turkic language of the Uighurs, a largely Muslim minority in western China with a long history of tense relations with the government.

The Turkistan Islamic Party is believed to be based across the border in Pakistan, where security experts say it has received training from Al Qaeda.

Last month, the group issued videotaped threats and claimed responsibility for a series of recent bus bombings in China. The latest video, which was apparently produced on Aug. 1, features graphics similar to ones used earlier: "a burning Olympics logo and an explosion imposed over one of the venues," said the Washington-based IntelCenter, another extremist monitoring group.

Ben Venzke of IntelCenter said his group expected the Turkistan Islamic Party to release another message, and he thought the group would continue making threats after the games begin.

"I think what they're doing is they're trying to capitalize on the buildup to the games," he said.

Terrorism analysts and Chinese authorities have said that with more than 100,000 soldiers and police guarding Beijing and other Olympic co-host cities, terrorists were more likely to attack less-protected areas.

On Monday, assailants killed 16 border police and wounded 16 others in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar when they rammed a stolen truck into the group before tossing homemade bombs and stabbing them.
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