G-7 foreign ministers exchange views on Beijing Winter Olympics

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Saturday each spoke their positions on this winter's Beijing Olympics, a Japanese delegation source said, as the United States is taking the lead in diplomatically boycotting the event.The G-7 meeting in Liverpool, England, comes as Britain and Canada have joined forces with the United States over a diplomatic boycott, citing China's human rights record, but France, to host the Summer Games in Paris in 2024, and Italy, which will host the Winter Games in 2026, are unlikely to follow suit.Speaking on the first day of the two-d…READ FULL ARTICLE