Lay off China, Olympics chief tells West (AFP)

Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee president Liu Qi (R) hands the Olympic torch to Chinese President Hu Jintao at a ceremony in Beijing on March 31. IOC president Jacques Rogge told Western countries to stop hectoring China over human rights in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - IOC president Jacques Rogge told Western countries to stop hectoring China over human rights in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games, in an interview with a British newspaper published Saturday.


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