China "regrets" Spielberg's Darfur decision
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China expressed regret 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 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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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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China has threatened to veto a revised US draft resolution that would consider UN sanctions against Sudanâs oil industry if Khartoum does not stop atrocities in its Darfur region, diplomats reported on Wednesday.
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The U.S. declaration that Sudan government-allied militiamen have committed genocide in the Darfur region is a "big mistake" that could hinder peace talks and undermine the role of African states mediating the 19-month conflict, Sudan government officials said Friday.
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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
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Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya reiterated on Saturday China&#39;s firm opposition to imposing UN sanctions against Sudan over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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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 connection between humanitarian concerns in Darfur and the upcoming Beijing Olympics, saying attempts to link them come from people unwilling to view China's role objectively in that embattled region of Sudan.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao told Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday Khartoum had to resolve the four-year-old conflict in Darfur, a source said after talks between the two leaders.
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China has threatened to veto a new US draft resolution calling on the UN to consider oil sanctions against Sudan if violence in Darfur continues.
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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 is threatening to veto a revised US draft resolution that would consider UN sanctions against against Sudan&#39;s oil industry if Khartoum does not rein
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The United States and China held  last-minute talks on Saturday before the U.N. Security Council  was to vote on a resolution that would consider oil sanctions  against Sudan if it did not stop atrocities in the Darfur  region.
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China says director is irresponsible for pulling out of Olympic role in protest over Darfur crisis
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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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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.