Beijing Olympics Latest News - 6 April, 2008 - 3

Boycotting The Beijing Olympics? I Don’t Think So
By The Sports Curmudgeon
calling for nations to boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. To all of those high-minded rhetorical gassers let me say this:. Stuff a sock in it! The Games will happen. Let there be no idealistic flights of fancy here. ...
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Looking towards Beijing
By pspag
“President Franklin Roosevelt did not attend the 1936 Berlin Olympics; and President Bush should not attend the Beijing Olympics. In the grand sweep of history, President Bush’s attendance at these games will be an unwelcome and ...
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Yao says he will be ready for Olympics
AFP -
BEIJING (AFP) — Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has declared he will be ready for the Beijing Olympics after a successful first month of rehabilitation ...
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Olympic Chief Sees No Momentum for Beijing Olympic Boycott
Voice of America - USA
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Saturday again ruled out boycotting the Beijing Olympics. Mr. Brown says even Tibet's exiled spiritual leader ...
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Tibet prepares for Olympic torch relay
Xinhua - China
The global relay of the Beijing Olympic flame officially started at Beijing's Tian'anmen Square on Monday morning. The flame had already been relayed in ...
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Beijing Olympic flame leaves St. Petersburg for London
Xinhua - China
PETERSBURG, Russia, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic flame left St. Petersburg on Saturday for London to continue its global relay. ...
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Gordon Brown vows to attend Beijing Olympics despite boycotts
By admin
April 5, 2008 Kevin Dowling, The Sunday Times WITH the Olympic torch relay through London tomorrow expected to attract protests and controversey over China’s treatment of Tibet, Gordon Brown today insisted he would attend the Beijing ...
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Brown rules out Beijing boycott
By muhammed ansari
Mr Brown’s comments come as France’s human rights minister has denied setting conditions for President Nicolas Sarkozy’s attendance at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Rama Yade said Le Monde newspaper had misquoted her as listing ...
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