Secretary Powell cancels trip to Athens Olympics
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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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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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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, Greece - Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday canceled a weekend visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, just hours after demonstrators marched through central Athens.    Powell couldn't attend because of "urgent responsibilities," the foreign ministry said...
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ATHENS -- In the first major public demonstration since the start of the Olympics, thousands of protesters clashed with police who stopped them from marching on the United States Embassy to protest the war in Iraq and Secretary of State Colin Powell's scheduled visit to Greece.
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Anti-American protests are the main reason behind US Secretary of State Colin Powell cancelling his trip to Athens, according to the Greek press.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell canceled his trip to Greece at the last minute partly because of concern that his presence -- expected to be met with antiwar protests -- might disrupt the closing ceremony of the Olympics, State Department officials
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Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly  canceled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in  Athens on Sunday, a visit which had triggered angry protests  from anti-war groups.
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The Greek government on Friday urged protestors planning demonstrations against the arrival here of United States Secretary of State Colin Powell not to mar the hitherto
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TOKYO -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday rejected demands by North Korea of a US ''reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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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.