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Olympic officials upbeat despite woes

LONDON (AP) -- Apart from a wrong turn by a bus driver, a snarky tweet by a U.S. athlete, a few waterlogged venues and a lack of security guards, organizers are insisting everything is fine at the London Olympics less than two weeks before its opening ceremony.Still, they had to scramble Tuesday to put the best face on an unfolding security debacle - as well as concerns about everything from transport to the rain - afflicting the games that start July 27.`'Let's put this in proportion,\ games chairman Sebastian Coe told reporters. \This has not, nor will it, impact on the safety and security of these games, that of course is our No. 1 priority.\Yet his efforts were undercut in Parliament