Monday, April 7, 2008

Beijing Olympics Latest News - 6 April, 2008 - 4

Rudd rejects idea of Beijing Olympics boycott
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has rejected calls for a political boycott of the Beijing Olympics. French president Nicolas Sarkozy earlier threatened not to go, ...
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WAG NY BEIJING OLYMPICS SHAME ON CORPORATE SPONSORS
By wagny
BEIJING (AP) — McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and other sponsors paid tens of millions of dollars to link their names with the Beijing Olympics. Now they’re trying to mollify activists pressing for change on Tibet, Darfur and other issues, ...
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Olympic leader: A boycott of Beijing Olympic would be ’serious error’
By Jim O'Connell(David Sell)
BEIJING (AP) — The head of an organization that oversees 205 national Olympic committees said politicians who encourage a boycott or partial boycott of the Beijing Games are making “a serious error.” Mario Vazquez Rana, the president ...
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links for 2008-04-05
By nolympics
The Beijing Olympics has engaged and inspired activists like never before, and made activists out of those who were only sideline sympathizers. It is simply the best thing to have happened to the Tibetan cause in 50 years. ...
NOlympia - http://nolympia.wordpress.com

France debates Beijing boycott as Olympic torch reaches London
Independent - London,England,UK
By John Lichfield in Paris The prospect of one of the world's leading political figures boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games over Chinese actions in Tibet ...
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It is appalling that the prime minister is to "greet" the Olympic ...
Times Online - UK
For that reason it is right, as the Dalai Lama has said, for athletes to participate in the Beijing Olympics, as in Hitler’s in 1936 and Moscow’s in 1980. ...
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No Athletes Planning to Boycott Beijing Olympics, ANOC Says
Bloomberg - USA
By Wing-Gar Cheng April 5 (Bloomberg) -- No athlete is considering boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games or skipping the opening ceremony, the Association of ...
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Prime minister will not boycott Beijing Olympics
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
By James Hamilton GORDON BROWN has insisted he will attend the Beijing Olympics, despite a warning by the French that President Nicolas Sarkozy will boycott ...
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Australia's PM not in favour of boycotting Beijing Olympics
Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The Olympic torch has arrived in London from Saint Petersburg amidst uncertainty among world leaders as to whether to boycott the opening ceremony of the ...
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On the protest bandwagon
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
By BUNN NAGARA The Beijing Olympics has become a windfall for China’s critics, despite and not because of what happened. NO sooner had protests imploded in ...
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Hockey/Beijing Olympics Qualifier: Tengku Ahmad to the rescue
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
THEY froze, when a resounding start was expected, and Malaysia had Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin to thank for the 2-1 win in their opening Olympic Qualifier tie ...
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