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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China&#39;s newly-appointed special envoy to Darfur warned Friday against trying to impose sanctions on the Sudanese government over the crisis in the strife-torn western region.
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 (OneWorld) - Steven Speilberg and human rights groups ratcheted up the pressure on China this week while nearly 100,000 activists turned their sights on Wall Street's biggest investment firms, urging them all to wield their power to help bring peace to the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
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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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The United Nations hopes the Chinese president will push for a solution to the Darfur crisis during his landmark visit to Sudan on Friday. But Khartoum expects its staunchest diplomatic ally to stick to boosting commercial ties, particularly those assuring its access to Sudan's oil.
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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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The United States, China, France and other key world players meeting Monday are hoping to speed deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur and consolidate sometimes disparate international efforts for the ravaged Sudanese region.
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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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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 should help resolve a humanitarian crisis in Darfur as one of a few "critical players", a British minister said on Tuesday, urging the world's most populous country to be more active in global diplomacy.
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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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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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In a blast of harsh rhetoric, China lashed out Thursday at the Dalai Lama and critics of Beijing's support for Sudan, saying attempts to link political issues to the Beijing Summer Olympics betrayed the spirit of the games.
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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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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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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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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.