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Winter Games to be served in 22 languages

TORONTO - Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium Monday announced it will deliver the Games in a record 22 languages.Consortium broadcast partners Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), Asian Television Network (ATN) and OMNI Television will air a combined total of 421 hours of multilingual coverage throughout the 17 days of the Games."In the truest spirit of the Olympic Games, the Consortium has made a significant commitment to delivering inclusive coverage of Vancouver 2010 that embraces the multicultural heritage of this country," said Keith Pelley, president of the consortium, in the press release. "Canadians of various cultures and backgrounds will have the...