Olympic Committee Refuses To Allow For 40th Anniversary Of Munich Attack On Israeli Athletes To Be Memorialized At Opening Of Games

The Associated Press reports:

 IOC President Jacques Rogge won't budge: There will be no minute's silence for the Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich massacre at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. Rogge rejected the latest calls Saturday for a special observance to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the murder of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches by Palestinian gunmen at the Munich Games.

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