China to face pressure over Darfur at EU-Asia meeting
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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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France brings the United States, China and some 15 other nations together for a major conference here Monday aimed at launching a new international drive to end atrocities in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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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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Sudan will come under pressure at a tripartite meeting in Addis Ababa next week to allow the deployment of a joint African Union-UN force in Darfur, a senior UN official said Wednesday.
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The European Union pressed Sudan on  Friday to accept a 20,000-strong U.N. peace operation in  Darfur, warning a security vacuum there could lead to a  humanitarian crisis reminiscent of the Rwanda genocide.
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Expectations were high ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Sudan amid signs the Asian giant is ready to flex its diplomatic muscle, with observers arguing it could succeed where months of Western pressure has failed to curb the violence in Darfur.
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BRUSSELS/KHARTOUM, Sudan  - The European Union was  to threaten sanctions Monday against Sudan's government for  failing to stop "massive and severe" human rights abuses by  Arab militia against African villagers in Darfur.
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The European Union said on Monday it  will impose sanctions on Sudan if it does not take adequate  steps to disarm Arab militias accused of pursuing a campaign of  murder, rape and pillage in western Darfur region.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on  Khartoum to comply with U.N. demands to end the conflict in  Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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The EU expressed concern on Sunday at breaches of a cease-fire in Darfur and urged the Sudan government to unilaterally sign protocols on allowing aid access in the region, despite the refusal so far of rebels to do so.
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The Sudanese government and rebel leaders need to be pushed to find a solution to the bloody conflict in Darfur, African foreign ministers said Sunday ahead of a summit on the crisis.
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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 has discussed tensions in Sudan and Myanmar with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
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The Sudanese foreign ministry summoned the European Union's delegation chief to protest at a renewed threat of EU sanctions over the crisis in Darfur.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 5, 2004 (KUNA) -- The European Union (EU) Friday expressed grave concern over developments in the Sudanese province of Darfur, underlining importance of respecting human rights.
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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 should help resolve a  humanitarian crisis in Darfur as one of a few &quot;critical  players,&quot; a British minister said on Tuesday, urging the  world&#39;s most populous country to be more active in global  diplomacy.