Powell Scraps Plan to Attend Olympics Ceremony
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly  canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in  Athens on Sunday, a visit which had triggered angry protests  from anti-war groups.
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An amendment to set a timetable for US troop withdrawal was defeated Wednesday.
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The traditional gala ceremony for Hollywood's annual Golden Globe Awards for film and television will be scrapped in favor of a "press conference" carried live by NBC News, organizers said on Monday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday canceled a weekend visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, just hours after demonstrators staged a protest march in central Athens.    Greece's foreign ministry said that Powell informed his Greek counterpart, Petros Moliviatis, that "urgent responsibilities" prevented him from carrying out the visit - which was to include meetings with Premier Costas Caramanlis and U.S...
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Secretary of State Colin Powell announced his resignation in a letter released on Monday saying it was time for him to return to private life.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in Athens on Sunday, a visit that had triggered angry protests from anti-war groups.
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Secretary of State Colin Power canceled a weekend visit to Greece Saturday just hours after demonstrators staged a protest march. Greece&#39;s foreign ministry said that Powell informed his Greek counterpart Petros
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ATHENS -- A coalition of leftist and anarchist groups plans to march on the US Embassy today to protest Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Greece. Powell is scheduled to attend the closing ceremonies Sunday. The group -- under the banner &quot;Anti-2004&quot; -- said it opposes both the Olympic movement and American foreign policy.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board on Sunday announced that it will strip Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis of a bronze medal won in the Athens Olympics early in the week after the athlete failed a doping test.
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The traditional gala ceremony for  Hollywood's annual Golden Globe Awards for film and television  will be scrapped in favor of a "press conference" carried live  by NBC News, organizers said on Monday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has ended his tour of East Asia by urging North Korea to resume nuclear talks. Speaking in Seoul, Mr Powell said Pyongyang&#39;s ongoing nuclear programme was preventing the US from helping ordinary North Korean people.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  on Friday rejected suggestions that Washington was trying to  edge out the United Nations as leader of the international  relief effort for the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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An effort by the United States, Japan, India and Australia to coordinate tsunami relief will be disbanded and folded into the broader U.N.-led operations, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Seoul today for a two-day visit, after rejecting a North Korean overture to resume the six-party nuclear talks if the US rewards it for freezing its nuclear activities.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a US &quot;reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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Michael K. Powell is ending what's often been a controversial tenure just one day after President Bush's inauguration.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has rejected the notion that divisions in the Bush administration had hindered Washington's ability to roll back North Korea's nuclear program.