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Crackdown on Tibetans

EU ministers to mull boycott of Olympics opening in protest

AFP, Brussels
EU foreign ministers will discuss a possible boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony in protest against China's crackdown in Tibet when they meet for talks in Slovenia today.
Integration of Balkan nations into the European Union, relations with Russia and the Middle East situation are also on the agenda for the two days of ministerial talks which begin today at Brdo pri Kranju, near the Slovenian capital Ljubljana.
Public pressure has been mounting on European leaders to discuss China's crackdown on protests in Tibet which Karma Chophel, the head of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, said-in" Brussels Wednesday-had'left at least 135 people dead, 1,000 injured and 400 arrested.
The protests against China's rule ofTibet began in Lhasa on March 10, the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising.
China says rioters subsequently killed 18 innocent civilians and two police officers in what it describes as the biggest challenge to its rule of Tibet in decades.
Several European leaders have already spoken of a possible Olympic boycott of some tend, with most attention focussed on staying away from the opening ceremony in the Chinese capital on August 8.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Thursday that he will notattend the games opening
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On Tuesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy left open the possibility of boycotting the opening ceremony.
The EU's Slovenian presidency, conscious of the European public's strong reaction to the Chinese crackdown, agreed to make Tibet a late addition to the foreign ministers' agenda, with discussion on the matter likely over lunch on Saturday.
"I guess much can be said about Tibet, said Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country holds the European Union's rotating presidency until France assumes the helm from July 1.
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