By STEPHEN WADE, AP Sports Writer
Tue Jul 29, 1:17 PM ET

BEIJING - Olympic organizers are backtracking on another promise about
coverage of the Beijing Games, keeping in place blocks on Internet
sites in the Main Press Center and venues where reporters will work.

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The blocked sites will make it difficult for journalists to retrieve
information, particularly on political and human rights stories the
government dislikes. On Tuesday, sites such as Amnesty International
or any search for a site with Tibet in the address could not be opened
at the Main Press Center, which will house about 5,000 print
journalists when the games open Aug. 8.

"This type of censorship would have been unthinkable in Athens, but
China seems to have more formalities," said Mihai Mironica, a
journalist with ProTV in Romania. "If journalists cannot fully access
the Internet here, it will definitely be a problem."