Thursday, April 10, 2008

Beijing Olympics Latest News - 10 April, 2008 - 6

British Olympic chief calls for support to Beijing Olympics
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
"I believe Beijing will host a great game." The 16th ANOC assembly, which focuses on the preparation of Beijing Olympics, started on Monday and run through ...
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Gordon Brown will not attend Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Correspondent Gordon Brown has been dragged into the row over the Beijing Olympics after he said that he would not be ...
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Protesters want Olympic torch to stay out of Tibet
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
... expected to approve a resolution appealing for a joint position of the 27 EU nations on whether to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. ...
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Torch shines light on human rights ahead of Beijing Olympics
Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA
The torch is being used to raise awareness about human rights abuses in China ahead of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. (Dayin Chen/The Epoch Times) NEW ...
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Beijing Olympics Boycott?
By papa_rod
How many more reasons does one need to boycott the Olympics in Beijing? Enough is enough yet again. I for one will not be watching nor contributing to these Olympics. I feel sorry for the athletes but it is quite unavoidable and ...
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Olympics of shame, Ramin Jahanbegloo
By opendemocracy
It is time now for nations planning to attend the Beijing Olympics to address the Tibetan problem and encourage the Chinese government to honour its Olympic pledges to improve human rights in China. The Olympic games may be a sporting ...
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Gordon Brown will not attend opening of Beijing Olympics
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Olympics chiefs meeting in China bowed to their hosts by removing any mention of Tibet from a statement setting out its support for the Beijing Games. ...
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Britain's Brown won't attend opening of Beijing Olympics, will go ...
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Canadian Press: Bryan Mitchell, AP LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. ...
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Olympic chiefs remove mention of Tibet in statement supporting ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Richard Spencer in Beijing Olympics chiefs meeting in China have bowed to their hosts by removing any mention of Tibet from a statement setting out its ...
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Olympic leverage should be used to get China to change
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
He said he came to China as a "true friend", but rightly warned that the Beijing Olympics were under threat of being overshadowed by Tibet. ...
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Olympic Torch Tech: How Flame Survives Weather & Worse
National Geographic - Washington,DC,USA
According to Chinese press and the Beijing Olympics Web site, this year's torch boasts a flame that can withstand winds of up to 40 miles an hour (65 ...
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