11.   According to Dr. Thongchai Termprasit, a provincial health officer, the site of the athletes village was once a garbage dump and squatter area.

12.   Butson and nine teammates stayed in the hotel for five days before the athletes village opened Monday.

13.   Christie continued his duties as British team captain, mingling with the other members of the team in the athletes village.

14.   Dan Lang was hired by SLOC a year ago to help set up the athletes village.

15.   Early appraisals of the athletes village were generally good.

16.   From his casual dress to his request to sleep at the athletes village, Rogge is taking a less formal approach than his predecessor, Juan Antonio Samaranch.

17.   Hashim said the woman had not been a resident of the athletes village and might have contracted her illness before she arrived in Kuala Lumpur.

18.   Knight said the move would now make the athletes village a far more attractive proposal for homeowners following the Olympics as they would have no powerlines interrupting their view.

19.   On Thursday, a Ukranian cyclist was knocked off her bike by a car as she rode back to the athletes village after training.

20.   She said she left the athletes village here because it was too crowded, not for security.