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China Presses Its Ally On Darfur Peacekeepers
China, under international pressure to help end the conflict in Darfur, made a rare call on its Sudanese ally on Sunday to do more to allow foreign peacekeepers to deploy.
But there was no respite in the fighting, and the United Nations said it feared for thousands of civilians after reports that Sudan's forces bombed a rebel-held area in western Darfur.
China's envoy to Darfur, in a departure from Beijing's usual public diplomatic vagueness, made an unusual rebuke to Khartoum during a visit there and urged Sudan to remove obstacles to full deployment of a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force.
"Rolling out the hybrid peacekeeping operation and resolving the Darfur issue require the joint efforts of all sides," Liu Guijin told China's official New China News Agency.
China's role in Sudan has come under renewed attention since film director Steven Spielberg quit as an artistic director to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, saying China had failed to use its sway in Khartoum to seek peace in Darfur.
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Caracas Bomb Kills Man At Business Chamber
A small bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Venezuela's leading business chamber Sunday, killing one person, police said.
The blast occurred near the entrance of the Fedecamaras business chamber's main office in Caracas's Chacao district at approximately 1 a.m. and shattered windows, Federal Police Chief Marcos Ch¿vez said.
Ch¿vez said the victim had not been identified, but Chacao's municipal police force, controlled by an opposition mayor, reported that an ID card found on the victim indicated he was a member of the federally controlled Metropolitan Police.
Chacao Police Director Carlos Arreaza said the victim was missing his right hand, leading Chacao police to presume he accidentally detonated the bomb. The explosion could have been meant to scare business leaders who have been critical of President Hugo Ch¿vez, said Fedecamaras President Jos¿ Manuel Gonz¿lez.
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