Powell Cancels Athens Visit Amid Protests
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Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled his trip to Greece at the last minute partly because of concern his presence &#151; expected to be met with anti-war protests &#151; might have disrupted the closing ceremony at the Olympics, State Department officials said Saturday.
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Greek demonstrators opposed to US policy in Iraq are planning to protest against the upcoming visit to Athens by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Anti-war activists planning a major demonstration on the eve of the Republican National Convention said Tuesday they will cancel a rally if they are denied permission to hold it in Central Park.
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Hundreds turned out in Athens Friday to protest US policies in Iraq and US Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s pending appearance at the Olympics.
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Greek police disclosed Thursday that they received a bomb threat before the Olympic Games' opening ceremony, but chose not to evacuate the stadium. The threat turned out to be a hoax, like more than 80 other bomb threats that kept officials busy during the games.
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Hundreds of protesters clashed anew with security forces Monday ahead of this week's Group of Eight summit in Heiligendamm, and police said they briefly halted a demonstration in a nearby city and were pelted with stones.
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Olympics: The Prince of Wales' decision not to go to Beijing is being used in a campaign to boycott the games
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Hundreds of people march in Athens to protest against a Olympics visit by Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled a visit to Athens to attend the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games because of what the State Department said was more pressing ``business in Washington.
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Madrid (pts) - The Spanish Olympic bid for 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committeeâs (IOC), accusing Paris 2012 organisers of illegally using French embassies to promote the city.
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The US State Department says Secretary Colin Powell has canceled a trip to Athens to attend the Olympics closing ceremony because of urgent business in Washington.
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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 marched through central Athens.    Powell couldn't attend because of "urgent responsibilities," the foreign ministry said...
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Greek police hurled tear gas on Friday  to disperse demonstrators marching on the U.S. embassy in  Athens to protest against a visit by Secretary of State Colin  Powell to the Olympics this weekend.
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President Bush's high-profile meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday was canceled in a stunning turn of events after disclosure of U.S. doubts about the Iraqi leader's capabilities and a political boycott in Baghdad protesting his attendance.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremonies in Athens Sunday in part because of events in Iraq and Sudan, the State Department said.
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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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Georgia's president cancels his visit to Russia, amid growing tension between the two former Soviet republics.