Powell&#39;s Athens trip off amid protests
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The US State Department has announced the cancellation of Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s planned lightning visit to Athens to attend the Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremonies in Athens Sunday in part because of events in Iraq and Sudan, the State Department said.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Protesters in Greece are claiming victory after Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled his trip to the closing ceremonies at the Olympics.
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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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Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled his trip to Greece at the last minute partly because of concern his presence might have disrupted the closing ceremony at the Olympics.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell met on Wednesday with Haitian political leaders and other opponents of ousted President Jean Bertrand Aristide in what is likely his last visit to the destitute island nation as the United States' top diplomat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell's resignation fills many editorial pages in Europe's papers on Tuesday. But there is also indignation at Greece's admission of flouting EU rules and shock in Denmark as a prince is caught speeding.
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At least 1,000 protesters opposed to US policies and the American-led war in Iraq are chanting anti-war slogans and marching through the streets of Athens.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled a visit to Athens to attend the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games because of what the State Department said was more pressing ``business in Washington.
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Hundreds of people march in Athens to protest against a Olympics visit by Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State.
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The last event on the final day of Olympic competition ended in more embarrassment for the Greek organisers yesterday when the leader of the men&#39;s marathon was bundled off the course by a protester.
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Thousands of demonstrators marched through Athens and Thessaloniki on Wednesday to protest government social security reforms as a Greek general strike shut down schools, hospitals and all public services.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has agreed to pay a visit to Athens in October after he canceled a planned trip to attend the Olympic Games closing ceremony, the Greek government said on Saturday.
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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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In the first major public demonstration since the start of the Olympics, thousands of protesters clashed with police who stopped them from marching
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Hundreds of thousands of athletes,  officials and visitors waved goodbye to Athens in a  post-Olympics exodus Monday, leaving city officials to probe a  doping scandal that tarnished an otherwise dream Games.
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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.