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Article: Editor Ed Hula in Iraq to Cover Election of New Iraqi Olympic Committee Leaders.
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- January 29, 2004
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ATLANTA, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Ed Hula, editor of Around the Rings, the world's leading publication focusing on the Olympics, has been invited by the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sport to report on elections for the new Iraqi National Olympic Committee on Jan. 29. Hula is the only Western journalist specifically invited to cover the first free elections in more than 30 years.
The International Olympic Committee suspended the Iraqi National Olympic Committee last May when it was headed by Uday Hussein. The elections could pave the way for the suspension to be lifted as soon as next month. That would allow Iraqi athletes to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics, ...