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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ATHENS : Nearly 700 demonstrators rallied in central Athens to protest at the arrival of US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is due to attend the Olympic Games&#39; closing ceremony at the weekend.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremonies in  Greece because of the "press of business" including crises in  Iraq and Sudan, U.S. officials said on Saturday.
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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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Secretary of State Colin Powell held talks in Port-au-Prince Wednesday in a brief visit to Haiti marred by a shooting incident outside the presidential palace as he met officials of the country&#39;s interim government.
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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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell calls off a planned trip to the Olympic Games amid anti-war protests in Athens.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly  canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in  Athens on Sunday, a visit that had triggered angry protests  from anti-war groups.
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ATHENS - Greek police on Friday used pepper spray on a crowd of demonstrators protesting against the weekend visit of US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremonies in Greece because of the &quot;press of business&quot; including crises in Iraq and Sudan, US officials said Saturday.
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WASHINGTON - Citing urgent business in Washington, the State Department announced Saturday that Secretary of State Colin Powell had canceled his planned trip to Greece for the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in Athens on Sunday, a visit that had triggered angry protests from anti-war groups.
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Sept. 6-13 issue - &quot;You are not welcome.&quot; Hundreds of people marching through Athens to protest the scheduled arrival of US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Olympic Games.
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Rabat, Morocco -- Colin Powell ended what may be his last overseas trip as US secretary of state here Saturday, struggling with the same issues that consumed so much of his four years in office -- the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace and reform in
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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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North Korea dismissed Secretary of State Colin Powell's Asian trip as pre-U.S. election trickery Saturday and warned it will double its nuclear deterrent force if Washington persists in challenging the North's nuclear weapons programs.
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Police used tear gas Friday night to disperse more than 2,000 demonstrators who lit fires, smashed windows and beat up journalists as they marched through downtown Athens to protest the weekend visit of Secretary of State Colin Powell.