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China Detains White House Press Plane

huffingtonpost.com — A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for nearly three hours Friday at Beijing's international airport not long after President Bush arrived to attend the Olympic Games. The flight crew of the Northwest Airlines 747 had been expecting to park at a VIP terminal, but after landing was instead directed by the control to

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  • ubuntudude, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6Good to know we're on good terms.
  • oboy, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4They just wanted to lay the ground rules:
    No cameras
    No pens or paper
    No tape-recorders
    No cell phones
    All stories must be approved
    The words "Tibet" or "Pollution" are forbidden
    Every attendee must buy a toy that has lead in it
  • JNudda, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4They were probably looking for more blackberries.
  • Zargon5, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Interesting. I don't like china
  • Rotzooi, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1***** it, the White House press corps are worthless hacks. We're better off with them in a Chinese prison.
  • MrTito, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1The world isn't a big fan of the U.S.
    The U.S. isn't too keen on China.
    China doesn't give a ***** about what the rest of the world thinks - about China, about the U.S, or anything really.

    The 2008 Summer Olympics: Feel the Tension

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