Word: jacquese
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The run-up to the Beijing Olympics has been clouded by one confusing crisis after another. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee president, said on Thursday that he was "saddened" by the violence that broke out along the torch relay's bumpy road and acknowledged that it had...
After suggestions that the torch relay be cut short were made earlier this week, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge denied there were any plans to do so. Beijing would be unlikely to agree in any case. But having seen the dissent and protest that's followed the torch's...
'Tibet, rightfully so, is on the front page. But it would not be on the front page if the Games were not being organized in China.' JACQUES ROGGE, president of the International Olympic Committee, arguing that holding the Games in China raises global awareness of the country's human-rights...
JACQUES ROGGE, president of the International Olympic Committee, arguing that holding the Games in China raises awareness of the country's human-rights record
Especially since those claims are now being aired by Sarkozy's fellow conservatives - who have forced a parliamentary hearing on Sarkozy's planned troop deployment next week. In addition to concerns that those reinforcements won't tip the balance back to NATO's side - while sending Afghan forces a sign...