dedicated to women from afghanistan. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and 6 in the evening in washington dc — where the white house says us government officials won't attend next year's winter olympics in beijing because of china's human rights record. however, us athletes will be able to take part in the games and the white house said they had its support. well, china's embassy in washington reacted to the u.s. decision calling it "a pretentious act" and "political manipulation". in a statement they said that it's a grave distortion of the spirit of the olympic charter but it would have no impact whatsoever on the successful