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Article: IOC not mulling to stop Beijing Olympic torch relay: Rogge (updated 1)
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 10, 2008
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IOC not mulling to stop Beijing Olympic torch relay: Rogge
(updated 1)
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee
had no plans to stop the Beijing Olympic torch relay, IOC president
Jacques Rogge said here on Thursday.
"This scenario is definitely not on the agenda," Rogge told
reporters when asked whether the issue of cutting short the relay
would be discussed when IOC executive board members meet in Beijing
later on Thursday and Friday.
The IOC chief added that the IOC would only evaluate the outcome
of the torch relay after the Beijing Games which take place from
Aug. 8 to 24.
"We're going to begin a global debriefing of the Olympic Games at
the end of October, ...