LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic organisers hit back at criticism on Tuesday of how they had honoured 11 Israeli team members killed at the 1972 Munich Games, ignoring calls to hold a minute's silence for them in the opening ceremony.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge led a surprise tribute in the athletes village in London on Monday, but that low-key event failed to satisfy relatives of the victims or Israeli officials.
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