This positive use of international competition is a marked contrast from the seeds of fear and dissension that some are trying to plant in the sport, as the Germany-Netherlands game had to be canceled after bomb threats and a moment of silence at the Turkey-Greece game was marred by jeers from the crowd. .
Unseasonably bad weather forced allied pilots to cancel scores of bombing raids early in the 1991 gulf war, and the air campaign in Kosovo in 1999 took longer than planners projected, both because of weather and Yugoslav resilience.
Elisabeth Rosenthal (NYT) CHINA: RIGHTS TALKS Fresh from defeating an American effort in Geneva to censure its rights record, China hinted it might be willing to resume talks on rights issues, which it canceled after the bombing of its Belgrade embassy.
They subsequently canceled a second bombing of an area east of the Naktong scheduled for August 19.
TOKYO, March 30 — The Soviet Union indicated today that it had canceled plans for practice bombing maneuvers in one of four areas in interna tional waters close to Japan.
She has been sprayed with paint and had book signings canceled because of bomb threats.
Known abroad by her stage name, Noa, she has recorded with Arab artists, refused to perform in the occupied West Bank, condemned Israeli settlements there and had concerts canceled because of bomb threats from the extreme right.
The exercises were canceled after the bombs went astray about 7 p.m.
Mr. Abbas was scheduled to meet on Wednesday with leaders of Hamas, but he canceled that meeting after the bombing.
The program also features coverage of the Watergate hearings; the premiere of "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report"; "Realidades," the first public television bilingual Latino show; and an investigation into the F.B.I.'s involvement in bombing and arson, canceled hours before the segment was scheduled because of pressure from the bureau.
After learning about the Qana bombing, Ms. Rice canceled her planned trip to Beirut on Sunday, and instead is heading back to the United States on Monday.
