Farrow says Darfur campaign her most important role

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HONG KONG (AFP) — Despite a glittering acting career that has brought worldwide fame, Mia Farrow said Friday the campaign to end violence in troubled Darfur had been the "most important endeavour" of her life.

Speaking in Hong Kong as the Olympic torch relay passed through the city, the 63-year-old said the campaign -- which has seen her travel the world to highlight the crisis in the Sudanese region -- now consumed her focus.

"It has eclipsed everything in my life except for my children," she told AFP in an interview in the southern Chinese city, where she was using the relay to pressure Beijing to use its leverage on the Sudanese government.

"I wasn't there when two of my grandchildren were born. That was an immense personal sacrifice for me and immense...