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IOC Head: We Can Weather Torch 'Crisis'  

Posted Apr 10, 08 11:15 AM CDT in World,  Sports    Most Covered

(newser) – The protests following the Olympic torch around the globe are a “crisis,” but the International Olympic Committee has faced worse, its chief said today. The Games, he said, would “rebound," the BBC reports. Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama said China “deserved” to host, CNN reports. "We are not anti-Chinese," the Tibetan spiritual leader said. But he also supports the protesters' right to be heard: "Nobody has the right to tell them to shut up."

Rogge said while this year’s relay would continue, the Committee may not hold future international runs. He added that the Committee had hoped “awarding the games to China would advance the social agenda of China, including human rights." Replied a Chinese official: "We hope that the IOC officials can eliminate the disruptions and stick to the clearly stated principles in the Olympic charter."

Sources: CNN, BBC, CNN

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IOC Head: We Can Weather Torch 'Crisis'
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and officials with IOC heads Jacques Rogge, center, and Hei Verbruggen, right, in Beijing, April 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
IOC Head: We Can Weather Torch 'Crisis'
International Olympic Committee Chairman Jacques Rogge speaks at the opening of the IOC executive board meeting in Beijing Thursday April 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
IOC Head: We Can Weather Torch 'Crisis'
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge listens to a question at a press conference in Beijing Thursday, April 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
IOC Head: We Can Weather Torch 'Crisis'
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks during a press conference at a conference room in a hotel near Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Thursday, April 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
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