Friday, April 4, 2008

Beijing Olympics Latest News - 4 April, 2008 - 3

Dalai Lama Envoy Says Tibet Is Grim
The Associated Press -
Chris Smith, a frequent critic of China's human rights, compared the Beijing Olympics to Adolph Hitler's 1936 games in Berlin. He called on international ...
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Leading article: Protest is a price Beijing must pay for the Olympics
Independent - London,England,UK
It is not only that Western human rights campaigners were bound to see the Beijing Olympics as an opportunity – indeed, they would have been remiss not to ...
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Don't play with China's Games
Daily Pioneer - New Delhi,India
In India, the Tibet issue and the Beijing Olympics are combining into a strange cocktail. They are creating a hitherto improbable alliance between ...
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Beijing's Olympic legacy threatened by rights abuses: AI
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
A March 31 AI report accuses China of a variety of human rights-abuses and warns that a crackdown on activists is threatening Beijing’s Olympic legacy. ...
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PM won't attend Beijing Olympic curtain raiser
Globe and Mail - Canada
BUCHAREST and OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he won't attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, although he insists it is not a ...
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REGIONAL POLICE AGENCIES TO BOOST SECURITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO ...
SanFranciscoSentinel.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Several law enforcement agencies will assist the San Francisco Police Department to increase public safety Wednesday as the Beijing Olympic torch is relayed ...
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Beijing Olympic flame arrives in Russia' St. Petersburg
Xinhua - China
St. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic flame arrived in Russia's second biggest city early Friday morning to start the third leg of ...
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