IOC head says Beijing was "wise choice" (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

IOC head says Beijing was "wise choice"
Sat Apr 5, 2008 12:57pm EDT

By Melanie Lee

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee
has no regrets about its "wise choice" of Beijing to host the
Olympics, its president said on Saturday.

Jacques Rogge said the IOC did not see a "real momentum"
towards any form of boycott of the Games by governments.

China, which won the right to host the Olympics in 2001,
faced a public relations crisis last month after it rigorously
clamped down on monk-led marches in Tibet.

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"IOC considers that it made a wise choice in awarding the
games to Beijing and we have no regrets," Rogge told a news
conference in response to a question about China's human
rights record.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSIN16993820080405

[Teaser]

1. God, I hope someone pies the Olympic torch runner

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[benld74]

2. If they get the type of weather during the games,,,

that traps their coal emmissions on-top of the city, I pity those athletes performing in those conditions. We were there in 12/02 adopting our daughter. Beijing, at high noon, had the look of around 430PM. Dark, overcast; you could see the Sun through the clouds, but it looked like the moon. You could taste the air quality in your mouth. After getting back home 2 weeks later we found out Beijing was experiencing a weather related issues, that caused the government to tell the citizens about the air quality.
Seems the clouds were actually SMOG, in the middle of December!