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PARIS (AP) - France's foreign minister backtracked from comments suggesting he is open to a boycott of the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremonies, saying Wednesday that some economic decisions must be made "at the expense of human rights."
Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday said the idea of skipping the Aug. 8 opening ceremony to punish China for its crackdown on protests in Tibet was "interesting" and "less negative than a general boycott" of the Olympics. But by Tuesday evening, he told France-2 television: "We're not in favor of it."
On Wednesday, Kouchner told RMC radio and BFM television that the boycott was not a bad idea. But "it seems unrealistic," he said. "There are a lot of good ideas that can't be put into practice."
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