Beijing Olympics Latest News - 11 April, 2008 - 2

Dalai Lama reiterates support for Beijing Olympics
AFP -
China's clampdown has triggered international outrage, with major protests on the relay of the Beijing Olympic torch in London, Paris and San Francisco. ...
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Dalai Lama backs Beijing Olympics
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
The Dalai Lama today reiterated that he backed China’s right to host the Olympic Games, as he started his first foreign trip since unrest broke out in Tibet ...
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China pays the price for Beijing Olympics
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
... for example, it has become fashionable to question the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2008 Summer Games to Beijing. ...
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Opening comments - Gordon Brown and the Beijing Olympics
Guardian - UK
... the opening ceremony at the Olympics. "Should the leaders of major democracies like Britain and France now boycott the opening ceremony in Beijing as a ...
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SF protests force Olympic torch to dodge controversy
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
(Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post) Olympic torch runner Ed Lee exchanges the flame during the Beijing Olympic torch relay, Wednesday, April 9, 2008, ...
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China 'breaks Olympic athlete kidnap ring'
Guardian - UK
Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP China says it has uncovered a criminal ring planning to kidnap athletes and others at the Beijing Olympic games, ...
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China tells Olympic boss to stay out of politics
AFP -
"I believe IOC officials support the Beijing Olympics and adherence to the Olympic charter of not bringing in any irrelevant political factors," she said. ...
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Beijing Summer Olympics not about political boycotts
Whitman Pioneer - Walla Walla,WA,USA
Now the political pouting has recommenced in the 21st century with the Beijing Olympics this summer. It all started when Steven Spielberg backed out as ...
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Sophie Zavaglia: Olympic games present opportunity
The George Washington University The GW Hatchet - Washington,DC,USA
This uproar has raised a huge question in my mind: should I, as a decent human being, watch the Beijing Olympics? It is an undeniable truth that the Chinese ...
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