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Reported by Japan Today on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 (on July 17, 2012)
Japan Today
London Games officials dismissed concerns Tuesday over a lost bus driver, a scramble for more security guards and some rain-soaked venues -- embarrassments that had one tabloid newspaper headline using the Olympic rings to spell out the word "OOPS!" Organizers said some of the complaints were exaggerated and tried to…

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