Spielberg, luminaries press Olympic China over Darfur
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US filmmaker 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'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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U.S. activists launched a fresh campaign on Wednesday to press 2008 Olympics host China to persuade its ally Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur, but rejected calling for a boycott of the landmark Beijing event.
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The United States said on Monday that a visit by China's president to Sudan, when he offered a loan to build a presidential palace, sent "mixed signals" about Beijing's intent to press Khartoum over Darfur.
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China must persuade Sudan to halt atrocities in Darfur and reduce executions on its home soil if next year&#39;s Olympics are to be successful, a leading US human rights activist said Thursday.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao told Sudan's leader on Friday he must give the United Nations a bigger role in trying to resolve the conflict in Darfur and also said China wanted to do more business with its key African ally, Sudan state media reported.
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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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President Bush discussed the conflict  in Darfur, Sudan with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao during  a telephone call, China's Xinhua news agency said, citing the  Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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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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After starting an Olympic-style torch relay through countries that have suffered genocide, Mia Farrow on Friday pressed China, the host of the 2008 summer games, to help end abuses in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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China is blaming activists with "ulterior motives" for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation's involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur
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China used &quot;very direct language&quot; to persuade the Sudanese government in Khartoum to accept a beefed-up peacekeeping force to the western region of Darfur, the country&#39;s special envoy to Sudan said in an interview published Tuesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is  expected to push for tougher global action against climate  change and ending human rights abuses in Darfur in meetings  with top Chinese officials on Monday.
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Senior diplomats from the United States and China launched a broad dialogue Wednesday expected to 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.
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China's newly appointed special envoy dedicated to the Darfur crisis wants Sudan to do more to help put a peacekeeping plan in place in the war-ravaged region, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
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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.