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Article: Europe, Australia Oppose Games Boycott
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- March 17, 2008
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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.
The EU sports ministers and Olympic committees said sports should not be linked to such a political issue and that previous ...