China faces Olympic Games crisis over Darfur
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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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Steven Spielberg used his position as an artistic advisor for the 2008 Beijing Olympics to urge Chinese President Hu Jintao into pressure Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers. He also urged the Sudanese government to accept the peacekeepers. The UN peacekee...
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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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China is shirking its pledge to improve human rights for the Olympic Games and world pressure is needed to force Beijing to comply, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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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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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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China expressed regret on Thursday over the decision by movie director Steven Spielberg to quit as an artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics because of its policies in war-torn Sudan.
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UNITED NATIONS - 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 urged activists linking its stance over Sudan to the Beijing Olympics to play fair and rebel groups in Darfur praised the decision by film director Steven Spielberg to quit as an artistic adviser to the Games.
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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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A group of British politicians called Monday on China to use its role as host of the 2008 Olympic Games to put pressure on Sudan over the Darfur conflict and to stop selling weapons to its government.
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China's top cop said terrorism is the biggest threat at its Olympic Games, and a leading terror expert warned Tuesday that Beijing faces a long-term threat from an Islamic separatist group in its far west.
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China's special envoy on Darfur said Thursday his country will seriously consider sending troops for a peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Sudanese region and insisted Beijing is doing its best to help solve the conflict.
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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 said sports and politics should be kept separate, after filmmaker Steven Spielberg criticized Beijing for not using its influence to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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Film director Steven Spielberg,  artistic advisor to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, sent a letter to  China's president on Thursday urging Beijing to press ally  Sudan to accept peacekeepers in war-torn Darfur.
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The US push for United Nations sanctions against Sudan&#39;s government for failing to halt Arab-militia atrocities in Darfur is being thwarted in part by China&#39;s strong economic interest in the African country.