China under Darfur pressure
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China faces pressure over Darfur, after Steven Spielberg resigns as an Olympics advisor over the issue.
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China has threatened to veto a new US draft resolution calling on the UN to consider oil sanctions against Sudan if violence in Darfur continues.
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The Darfur conflict in Sudan has unleashed a crisis on the scale of the African famines of the 1980s, the International Red Cross says.
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China urged the international community on Thursday to show patience with Sudan and said new sanctions would only complicate efforts to implement a U.N. peace plan for strife-torn Darfur.
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KHARTOUM  - Sudan bowed to mounting pressure over the crisis in Darfur and agreed to allow African Union forces to monitor the activities of its police in camps for displaced persons in the region.
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Sudan faced mounting pressure Thursday to allow a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur or risk sanctions amid calls for Khartoum to hand over two officials wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on Khartoum to comply with UN demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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China urged the international community on Thursday to show patience with Sudan over the strife in its Darfur region, as an advocacy group called on Beijing to take more action to pressure Khartoum.
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A U.N. Security Council vote on whether to threaten sanctions against Sudan hinged on China and other opponents who fear that the specter of punishment could ruin efforts to end a crisis that has killed more than 50,000 and spawned 1.2 million refugees.
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China was facing a major international crisis linked to the Olympics Thursday amid mounting pressure over its role in Darfur after US filmmaker Steven Spielberg severed his links to the Games.
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China, one of Sudan's biggest backers, has welcomed its acceptance of a joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force for the country's troubled Darfur region.
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In a blast of harsh rhetoric, China lashed out Thursday at the Dalai Lama and critics of Beijing's support for Sudan
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on  Khartoum to comply with U.N. demands to end the conflict in  Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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China should help resolve a  humanitarian crisis in Darfur as one of a few &quot;critical  players,&quot; a British minister said on Tuesday, urging the  world&#39;s most populous country to be more active in global  diplomacy.
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China's special envoy on Darfur has urged the West to do more to promote a peaceful settlement to the conflict in the African region, state media reported Wednesday.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  urged China on Tuesday to use its influence and economic  leverage to stop what President George W. Bush has called the  genocide in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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Senior diplomats from the United States and China launched a broad dialogue Wednesday that could touch on a range of issues from Beijing&#39;s military build-up to its human rights record and help in ending the Darfur conflict.