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Hollywood Shapes China's Darfur Policy

Stars use Olympics as leverage to get China to protest genocide

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 13, 2007 9:08 AM CDT

(Newser) – China is finally joining the international outcry over genocide in Darfur—and it’s down to Hollywood clout, not Washington’s. Long one of Sudan’s closest protectors, China is suddenly calling on the government to accept UN peacekeepers. The reason, reports the Times: Mia... Read full story »

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