France broke with other Group of Seven industrialized nations Thursday, saying it will send high-level officials to this winter's Beijing Olympics after the United States, Britain and Canada announced they would diplomatically boycott the event.The split came when France's education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said France "will not do it," a day after Australia, Britain and Canada said they would engage in a diplomatic boycott following the United States' lead, citing China's human rights record.Blanquer, the minister of national education, youth and sport, told BFM TV, "Sports is a world…READ FULL ARTICLE
