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<mpsurveys35@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> This only makes sense. The lighting ceremony can take place in Ancient
> Olympia. The torch can be relayed to all countries in the world but be
> returned to Greece. The infrastructure exists. Why did a Lanca****re MP
> think of this and not the Greeks themselves?
Dear mpsurveys35,
About 20 years ago, our late President Constantinos Karamanlis proposed =
to the International Olympics Committee and the UN, a huge area around =
Olympia to be declared an International no-man's-land, where the =
Olympics could be held.
In fact he got on a helicopter and observed the area.
His proposal was not accepted. Money? Politics? Financial interests of =
the International Olympics Committee? Who knows!
Regards,
Panayiotis
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> On Apr 8, 5:48 am, "Agamemnon" <agamem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Lanca****re MP calls for Olympics to be permanently held in Greece
>>
>> The Olympics should be permanently based in Greece to stop politics
>> interfering in the Games, a Lanca****re MP has said.
>>
>> Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has urged the International Olympic =
Committee
>> to hold every Games in Olympia.
>>
>> The suggestion comes amid the continued chaos surrounding the Beijing =
2008
>> Olympic torch relay.
>>
>> Mr Evans said: "The current system will always bring problems =
relating to
>> the regime of the host country."
>>
>> http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Lanca****re-MP-calls-for-Olympics.3957030.jp
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