Spielberg boycotts Olympic role
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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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Prince Charles will not be attending the opening ceremony of this year's Olympic Games in Beijing, he told a group that campaigns against human rights abuses in Tibet in a letter disclosed Monday.
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The US State Department has announced the cancellation of Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s planned lightning visit to Athens to attend the Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday.
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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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled a visit to Athens to attend the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games because of what the State Department said was more pressing ``business in Washington.
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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 goes on the offensive against its critics on Darfur, dubbing Steven Spielberg's Olympics resignation "naive".
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Don't count on seeing any major league stars in the Olympics while Bud Selig is baseball commissioner.
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Darfur's splintered rebel groups on Wednesday united in praising U.S. film director Steven Spielberg for quitting as artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics, and called for athletes to follow his lead.
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Steven Spielberg resigns as artistic advisor to 2008 Olympics in protest at 'ongoing crimes' in Darfur
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Iran defied the Olympic spirit of sport  without frontiers on Sunday by refusing a judo fight against an  Israeli at the Athens Games, insisting on putting political  solidarity with the Palestinians before gold medals.
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The minister in charge of preparing the London 2012 Olympics said Wednesday that boycotting this summer's Games in Beijing would be the "wrong response" to concerns over China's relationship with Sudan.
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Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg is withdrawing as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing over the Chinese government's policy over Sudan and the conflict in Darfur.
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BEIJING, Jan. 10 -- China on Thursday rejected any attempts to connect humanitarian concerns about Darfur to the upcoming Beijing Olympics, saying they come from people unwilling to view objectively China's role in that embattled region of Sudan.
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Steven Spielberg's offices have played down recent reports of a possible collaboration with famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou on a screen version of the classic Chinese novel, "Journey to the West."
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Rebel groups in Darfur praised the decision by film director Steven Spielberg to quit as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympics but there was no reaction from the Games organizers in Beijing on Wednesday.
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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.