'I should have avoided the heat in the suburbs!'  [Le Matin, Switzerland]

 

 

Le Monde, France

'Reassuring News' from the 2008 Beijing Games …

 

"Twenty-one teams are spread around the capital to watch the heavens and if necessary, launch rockets containing silver iodide to trigger rainfall before it can reach the stadium … After all, you never know what kind of storm the anti-China 'clique' might cause. Has it not already tried - by spitting - to extinguish the flame in London, Paris and San Francisco?"

 

By Robert Solé

 

Translated By Philippe Guittard

 

April 11, 2008

 

France - Le Monde - Original Article (France)

Yes, clouds are threatening the Olympics in Beijing. But Chinese authorities have just given us some reassuring news: an arsenal is being prepared to make sure that it doesn't rain during the opening ceremonies on August 8. Twenty-one teams are spread around the capital to watch the heavens and if necessary, launch rockets containing silver iodide into the upper atmosphere to trigger rainfall before it can reach the stadium. There will also be three aircraft on alert, ready to take off.

 

Local meteorologists set the probability of rain on August 8 at 47 percent. Only extremely heavy precipitation (a 6 percent risk) would be impossible to combat. After all, you never know what kind of storm the anti-China "clique" might cause. Has it not already tried - by spitting - to extinguish the flame in London, Paris or San Francisco?

 

Posted by WORLDMEETS.US

So for the moment, let the clouds gather. No Western head of state wants to get soaked in China and return home drenched to the bone. Should one attend? For the trip to Beijing, plans are being made for every eventuality.

 

SEE ALSO:

 

Les Dernieres Nouvelles d'Alsace, France

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'Way of the Cross'

http://worldmeets.us/dna000019.shtml

 

Le Figaro, France

The Passage of
the Torch: In a
Word, a 'Fiasco'

http://worldmeets.us/lefigaro0000209.shtml

 

NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands

'Megalomania': It's
Time to Scale Down
Olympic Torch Relay

http://worldmeets.us/nrchandelsblad000088.shtml

 

Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong

'Mental Complexes'
Result in Western
Sympathy for Tibet

http://worldmeets.us/wenweipo000002.shtml

 

Xinhua, People's Republic of China

The Hypocrisy of Pelosi
and 'Those of Her Ilk' ...

http://worldmeets.us/xinhuanet000007.shtml

 

The Global Geographic Times, People's Republic of China

Exposing the 'Weak Rib'
of Olympic Politicization

http://worldmeets.us/globalgeographictimes000002.shtml

 

 

 

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[Posted by WORLDMEETS.US April 13, 1:53pm]