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bleucheese
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Joined: Aug 01, 2003
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:25 PM |
 
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ban, stephen harper, gordon brown, merkel, sarkozy (maybe)...
UN chief to miss Olympics opening
Ban Ki-moon - 3/4/2008
The UN says Mr Ban is too busy to attend the Olympics opening
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, an aide has said.
The decision was due to "schedule issues" and had been made months ago, said UN spokeswoman, Marie Mukabe.
Meanwhile, Buenos Aires is braced for Friday's Olympic torch relay after anti-China prοtests in other cities.
Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai has withdrawn from the torch relay's Tanzanian leg, due to concerns over human rights in China.
The BBC's Laura Trevelyan said the UN was anxious not to give impression that Mr Ban's absence was a boycott of the Games.
Ms Mukabe said Mr Ban "had conveyed to the [Chinese] government some months ago that he may not be in a position to accept the invitation to attend this important event due to schedule issues".
This means the decision was made before violent anti-Beijing prοtests in and around t¡bet last month that were suppressed by a heavy security presence.
Security cocoon
The Olympic flame is being relayed around the world through 20 countries before it arrives in Beijing in August for the Games' opening ceremony.
The torch's progress has been beset by prοtests - especially on the London, Paris and San Francisco legs of its tour.
Several thousand police and other guards are to line the planned 13km (eight mile) route of the torch through Buenos Aires.
Map of planned world torch relay route
Argentine activists say their prοtests will be peaceful but have promised "surprises".
Groups upset over China's human rights record have been trying to put pressure on Beijing as it readies to host the Olympics for the first time.
The prοtests along the international torch route have meant that torch-bearers have been immersed in a cocoon of security, surrounded by dozens of police officers and Chinese guards in blue track-suits.
In Paris, the torch had to be extinguished three times because of safety concerns, while in London there were 37 arrests.
The US stage of the torch relay in San Francisco on Wednesday passed off amid confusion and tight security.
The da1a¡ 1ama - who many t¡betans regard as their spiritual leader - said on Thursday that China deserved to host the Games, but that prοtesters had the right to express themselves in non-violent ways.
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, said on Thursday that anti-China prοtests had created a "crisis" but that the Games in Beijing would "rebound".
He also urged China to respect its "moral engagement" to improve human rights ahead of the Games.
China said it hoped the IOC would steer clear of what it called "irrelevant political factors".
Beijing says t¡bet is an integral part of China and what happens there is an internal matter.
After its run through Buenos Aires, the torch will be flown to Tanzania for the next stage of its journey.
2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai told Kenyan TV that she was pulling out of that leg of the relay over concern about "the events that have been unfolding in t¡bet for a very long time".
She said she still supported China hosting the Games, but wanted " to see a country that is challenged, [that] is addressing those challenges to the betterment of the environment and the world in general."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7341758.stm |
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brasil
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Joined: July 17, 2006
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:41 PM |
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Ban Ki-moon - 3/4/2008
The UN says Mr Ban is too busy to attend the Olympics opening
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, an aide has said.
The decision was due to "schedule issues" and had been made months ago, said UN spokeswoman, Marie Mukabe. |
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brasil
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:45 PM |
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what day is today? bleucheese? do you want to play a game ? |
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chinaboy
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Joined: Apr 23, 2007
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:47 PM |
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If no foreign do not wish to come China Olympic then no problem. China can to win all the gold medal and be the hero of all the world. Then China economic can stronger and America will have no food to eat. |
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chinaboy
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:49 PM |
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I very like game basil. Do you like play computer? Do you CS? |
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boredengineer
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:53 PM |
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brasil
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:56 PM |
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i like game very much. we play and write chinese caligrophy together.! |
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chinaboy
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Apr 11, 2008 - 03:00 PM |
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I cannot. My classmate can do but I cannot. I like computer game. If you want we can play with each other. |
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leidelaohu
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Joined: June 11, 2007
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Apr 11, 2008 - 07:53 PM |
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| Then China economic can stronger and America will have no food to eat. |
Thank you for that, made my day  |
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freelancer
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Apr 11, 2008 - 08:01 PM |
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I guess Chinaboy is a junior high school student,10-15 years old. Am I right,Chinaboy? Your english is not bad,try your best to talk with the native speaker here, you will get big improved. |
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