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March 30, 2008 03:27 AM Missouri Time
The Tale of Two News Reports.
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The Guardian UK
| Xinhua China News
| Headline:
Merkel says she will not attend opening of Beijing Olympics
Quotes:
"The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, yesterday became the first world leader to decide not to attend the Olympics in Beijing."
"Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, became the first EU head of
government to announce a boycott on Thursday and he was promptly joined
by President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic"
The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games' opening
ceremonies in August could encourage President Nicolas Sarkozy of
France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate Gordon Brown's
determination to attend the Olympics.
| Headline:
EU foreign ministers reject call for boycott of Beijing Olympics
Quotes:
"The European Union (EU) foreign ministers rejected on
Saturday the call for a boycott of the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games
over the Tibet issue."
"British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told
reporters: "We are fully engaged in supporting the Olympics. We want to
see it as a success, and I think it is right that the prime minister
represents us."
BRDO, Slovenia, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The call for a
boycott of the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics received chilly
response at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Slovenia on Friday.
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It appears to me that Germany and Poland not attending will put pressure on others. I hope that France quickly jumps on. The more that jump on now the better chance of getting some change in Tibet and China. if they wait to the last minute it wont be effective at all
Posted by: White Devil at
03:27 AM
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