Senior Olympic officials denied bowing to Chinese government pressure this week after an influential International Olympic Committee (IOC) body watered down calls for Beijing to find a negotiated solution to the conflict in Tibet. Beijing is determined to press ahead despite the disastrous reception the torch has received so far.
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/ 29 September 2000
Nelson Mandela is to appear in a R2-billion advertising campaign for the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to be directed by Steven Spielberg.