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French leaders to skip Winter Olympics

Mon 16 Dec 2013 In: International News

Francois Hollande will not attend Neither France's President Francois Hollande nor its Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi. However no reason has been given for the decision. Germany’s President Joachim Gauck has also made it clear he will not go to the Games in Russia. There have been calls from some glbti groups for a boycott of the Winter Olympics due to Russia’s homophobic laws.     

Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff

First published: Monday, 16th December 2013 - 10:35am

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