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Article: VOA NEWS: INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT TIBET

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April 7, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Stephanie Ho

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says he is concerned about the situation in Tibet. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing that protesters are demonstrating against China along the Olympic torch route overseas.

The IOC president said he is very concerned about the international situation and what is happening in Tibet. He said the International Olympic Committee is calling for a "rapid, peaceful resolution in Tibet." But he downplayed talk of any concrete international gesture during the Olympics, saying there is no momentum for a generalized boycott.

His comments at a meeting of the Association of ...

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