quinta-feira, 23 de setembro de 2010

Indian prime minister calls games crisis meeting


New Delhi, India (CNN) -- India's prime minister called a meeting with two ministers for Thursday evening as the country scrambles to pull together the problem-plagued Commonwealth Games.
Sports Minister M.S. Gill and Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy are to meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said Singh spokesman Harish Khare.
Commonwealth Games chief Mike Fennel is expected to arrive in New Delhi shortly, but the prime minister's office said Fennel has not yet requested a meeting with Singh.
India's ability to host the games, which begin a week from Sunday, has been put in doubt after a bridge collapse and criticism of the athletes' village as "uninhabitable" and "filthy".
New Zealand and Canada became the latest Commonwealth members to delay their delegations' departures for the games because of hygiene and security.
New Zealand's Olympic Committee said its athletes were supposed to arrive this weekend, but now may not arrive until Tuesday.
CNN