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Article: French president to defend Paris Olympic bid in Singapore
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- June 23, 2005
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French president to defend Paris Olympic bid in Singapore
PARIS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- French President Jacques Chirac will go
to Singapore on July 6 to defend Paris' candidature to host the 2012
Olympic Games before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ,
Chirac's office announced Thursday.
"Despite his very tight schedule, notably the start of the G8
summit at 19:30 British time (18:30 GMT), the French president
considered that he should be present in Singapore to defend the
interests of France during this presentation," a spokesman said,
noting that ...