Spielberg, luminaries press Olympic China over Darfur
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US film-maker Steven Spielberg Tuesday abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics, as a host of prominent figures accused China of not doing enough to press its ally Sudan to end devastating violence in Darfur.
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European foreign ministers are expected to confront China over the Darfur conflict at a meeting of top diplomats from 46 EU and Asian nations that gets underway here on Monday.
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China goes on the offensive against its critics on Darfur, dubbing Steven Spielberg's Olympics resignation "naive".
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China will send more than 200 troops to Sudan's Darfur region to help a joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force, its special envoy said in Khartoum on Friday.
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China&#39;s newly-appointed special envoy to Darfur warned Friday against trying to impose sanctions on the Sudanese government over the crisis in the strife-torn western region.
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A group of Nobel Peace laureates sent a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urging the Beijing Games host to uphold Olympic ideals by pressing its ally Sudan to stop atrocities in Darfur.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The Sudanese government faced intense Western and African Union pressure to accept additional observers and soldiers in the Darfur region, as Foreign Secretary Jack Straw of Britain flew to Sudan yesterday to urge the country to do more to disarm marauding militias.
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Rights groups on Wednesday praised Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to shun involvement with the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies because China was not doing enough to help end the crisis in Darfur.
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China voiced its disappointment on  Thursday over movie director Steven Spielberg's decision to  quit his Beijing Olympics role because of China's policies in  Sudan and said the Games would be a success regardless.
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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, saying attempts to link political issues to the Beijing Summer Olympics betrayed the spirit of the games.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureates, politicians, artists, writers, and sportsmen and women from across the world added their voices on Wednesday to the growing clamor for China to help bring peace in Darfur.
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US filmmaker Steven Spielberg withdraws as an artistic adviser to the Olympics over China's role in Darfur.
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A British Olympian risked sparking controversy on Tuesday by calling on China to do more to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, amid a row over attempts by the British Olympic Association to gag its athletes.
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US filmmaker Steven Spielberg abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics and a host of prominent figures accused China of not doing enough to press its ally Sudan to end devastating violence in Darfur.
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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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Cites Chinese involvement in Sudanese 'crimes against humanity' Steven Spielberg has quit as advisor to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in protest at the Chinese regime's backing of the Sudanese government, the Los Angeles Times reports.â¦
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China faces pressure over Darfur, after Steven Spielberg resigns as an Olympics advisor over the issue.