Spielberg Drops Out as Adviser to Beijing Olympics in Dispute Over Darfur Conflict
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After trying unsuccessfully to prod China to do more to try to end Sudanâs attacks in the Darfur region, Steven Spielberg said he was withdrawing as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Jacques Rogge, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has signed an appeal to China to do more to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, according to a copy of the letter published in The Independent on Thursday.
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The International Olympic Committee said Friday that negotiations between Taiwan and China on the torch relay route for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games are at a dead end, and the torch will not be coming to Taiwan.
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China says it regrets Steven Spielberg's decision to resign as an Olympics adviser over the Darfur conflict.
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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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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, with one calling for athletes to follow his lead.
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A top Chinese state newspaper has lambasted Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for quitting the Beijing Olympic Games over Darfur, saying "childish" vanity politics lies behind Western criticism of Beijing policy.
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The Hollywood director resigned this week as artistic adviser to the Beijing games to protest China's Darfur policy.
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A U.N. envoy and Britain blamed Sudanese rebels for renewed fighting in the crisis-ridden state of Darfur, and the World Food Program pulled its staff from the region Thursday because of the lack of security.
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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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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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African Union mediators suspended Darfur peace talks on Saturday in order to plan a new resolution after failing to make the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels end a dispute over security issues.
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Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled media and a groundswell of criticism from the Chinese public.
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Hollywood film-maker Steven Spielberg has been ridiculed in the Chinese media and on the Internet for living in a "sci-fi" dreamworld over his decision to sever ties with the Beijing Olympics.
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China is willing to play a more constructive role in Darfur, an envoy said, offering to provide more aid to victims of the Sudan conflict critics say Beijing has ignored.
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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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International efforts to bring peace to Sudan suffered a major setback yesterday when the African Union suspended operations in south Darfur following an attack on one of its helicopters amid renewed fighting.