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Tibet should be international zone
Stop the violence!
http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2008/03/23/international-olympic-committee-inc/
saying that the last president of the olympic comitee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiJuan_Antonio_Samaranch
was already politician during the Franco-Regime in Spain and therefore didn't make much attempts to keep out countries with questionable attitude towards human rights.
And when I looked him up on wikipedia, I read that the actual president
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Rogge
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Rogge
was the one who accepted moscow as a candidate..(And, funnily enough, this information doesn't come up in the english version of the article!)
..not a country well known for his great treatment of its critics and the political oppostion. :(((
here some photos from Time magazine
http://www.time.com/time/picturesoftheweek/0,29409,1724154,00.html
glad you posted this Frau Feli!