Powell to Attend Athens Closing Ceremony
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Secretary of State Colin Powell will  represent the United States at the Olympic Games closing  ceremony in Athens on August 29, the Greek foreign ministry  said on Sunday.
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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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Secretary of State Colin Powell, facing his last weeks on the job, will travel to Israel and the West Bank to try to accelerate prospects for peacemaking, the State Department announced Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday cancelled his planned visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics after police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-American demonstrators in Athens.
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ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens.    The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new...
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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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The 28th Olympic Games came to an end in Athens, Greece with an exuberant closing ceremony. There was drama up to the last gold medal with a spectator running onto the course of men&#39;s marathon with about 15 minutes to go.
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For the last two weeks, the world&#39;s focus was on Athens and sport and everyone was invited to a Big Fat Greek Closing Ceremony.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell was to focus on the Middle East in his farewell talks with the presidency of the European Union on Friday.
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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 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, on what might be his last foreign tour as the top US diplomat, arrived in The Hague today for talks with senior European Union officials.
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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 -- 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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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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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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WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea next weekend. The department says discussions will deal with such issues as regional security, stability, the global war on terrorism, Iraq and North Korea.