Efforts by activists to step up their Olympic-based protests met with a Chinese crackdown today.

BOX-OFFICE favourite George Clooney is stepping up the pressure on one of the main Olympic sponsors to take a stand over China’s foreign policy, the BBC reported yesterday.

Actor George Clooney expressed frustration today over the lack of action to end the conflict in Darfur which has killed hundreds of thousands of people.

George Clooney arrived in Egypt during his campaign to raise awareness about killings in Sudan’s Darfur region.