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Europe, Australia Oppose Games Boycott

Monday, March 17, 2008 5:03:23 PM
By RAF CASERT

Smoke covers the center of Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, China as the town's land mark Potala Palace is barely seen on Friday March 14, 2008. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers patrolled the streets of Lhasa and enforced a strict curfew Sunday in a security clampdown on the Tibetan capital following violent protests that drew negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo) BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia (AP) - Amid escalating violence in and around Tibet, the message from around the world was clear: "Let the games begin."

European nations and Olympic committees said Monday they opposed a boycott of the Beijing Games over China's handling of the unrest in Tibet. And most everyone else who spoke out, from Russia to the United States to Australia, echoed that approach.

"Under no circumstance will we support the boycott. We are 100 percent unanimous," Patrick Hickey, the head of the European Olympic Committees, told The Associated Press.


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