Gunmen kill Sudan MP in Darfur
AFP - Thu Dec 10, 4:22 pm ETGunmen in the western Sudanese region of Darfur shot and killed an MP from the ruling party on Thursday, a police official told AFP.
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Press Releases: U.S. Department of State Launches Open Government Initiative
U.S. Department of State - Wed Dec 9, 12:12 pm ETU.S. Department of State Launches Open Government Initiative Washington, DC December 9, 2009 The Department of State is releasing unprecedented new information about conflicts in Africa, making it possible to analyze sub-national and transnational areas of armed conflict, inter-communal strife, and political violence. This work represents only the beginning of an ongoing commitment across all ...
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Connecticut's Majok will finally debut for Connecticut after difficult journey
The Daily Orange - Wed Dec 9, 4:09 am ETAfter fleeing his Sudanese home and moving across the world, Big East play can't seem too intimidating to Ater Majok. Majok, a 6-foot-11, 233-pound freshman on the Connecticut basketball team, has had many stops along the way to landing in Storrs to play for legendary coach Jim Calhoun.
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New York, 8 December 2009 - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the deadly attack ...
United Nations - Wed Dec 9, 3:16 am ETThe Secretary-General placed on record his strong condemnation of the 5 December attack the second in two days, on troops from the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The second attack took place at Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur, where the UNAMID troops were providing water to local civilians.
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Smaller Nations Weigh Power of the Walkout
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Wed Dec 9, 2:27 am ETCOPENHAGEN -- It is one of the grim paradoxes of climate change that nations on the front line of global warming are among those with the least political clout at the United Nations conference that opened this week in Copenhagen.
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Stokes' social activism is more than just for shows
Boston Herald - Wed Dec 9, 12:06 am ETWhen Chad Stokes graduated from high school in Sherborn, he decided to postpone college and go to Africa instead. After six months in Zimbabwe, he returned to the United...
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Press Releases: U.S. Condemns Use of Violence Against Protestors in Sudan
U.S. Department of State - Tue Dec 8, 5:57 pm ETU.S. Condemns Use of Violence Against Protestors in Sudan Ian Kelly Department Spokesman , Bureau of Public Affairs , Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC December 8, 2009 The United States condemns the use of violence against and detentions of peaceful protestors and opposition political figures by Sudanese authorities on December 7, 2009 in Omdurman, Sudan. We condemn all acts of violence in ...
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US urges restraint after Sudan unrest
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:44 pm ETThe United States on Tuesday condemned political violence and arrests in Sudan in the wake of unrest in the troubled African country, and urged Khartoum to "allow freedom of expression and peaceful demonstrations."
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God Grew Tired of Us
Foreign Policy Blogs - Tue Dec 8, 3:55 pm ETAt the FPA’s Global Film Review Blog my colleague Sean Patrick Murphy takes a look at God Grew Tired of Us, a 2007 documentary tracing three of Sudan’s “lost boys” from a refugee camp to the United States, where they have to adjust to an entirely different life while reconciling with their pasts. I concur [...]
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Pollution fears taint Sudan's oil promise
CNN - Tue Dec 8, 3:36 pm ETWith production levels of a half-million barrels of oil a day and rising, Sudan's oil should be a blessing for its people, but is it a curse?
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"Lost Boys" left out of voting
12 News Phoenix - Tue Dec 8, 3:33 pm ETElection officials from war-ravaged Sudan are on a cross-country voter registration campaign. For the first time in more than two decades, Sudanese refugees will have the chance to vote in a presidential election of their home country.
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U.N. chief talks with Sudan president on crisis
CNN - Tue Dec 8, 2:18 pm ETThe U.N. chief phoned Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who has been charged with crimes against humanity, for the "sole purpose of an urgent humanitarian matter," the international body said Monday.
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Human rights group charges Brazil police with illegal killings
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 12:32 pm ETSao Paulo - Police in the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo and Rai de Janeiro regularly use excessive violence and resort to extra- judicial executions, a human rights group said in a report released Tuesday. Police officers in Rio de Janeiro and Sao P...
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Microtel Inn & Suites and Neverthirst Announce a Silent Auction
Marketwire - Tue Dec 8, 11:57 am ETThe Microtel Inn & Suites in Birmingham (Hoover), Alabama Is Hosting a Silent Auction to Benefit Neverthirst, a Birmingham-Based Non-Profit That Provides Clean Water Through the Local Church to the Poor in India, Sudan and Central African Republic; The Silent Auction Will Be at the Microtel Inn & Suites in Hoover on Thursday, December 10, 2009 From 4pm to 6pm
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UN chief asks al-Bashir's help to free hostages
WFMJ Youngstown - Tue Dec 8, 11:36 am ETUNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Sudan's president to seek help in freeing two members of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur who have been held hostage for more than 100 days, the U.N. said Monday.
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Annan calls for faster election reform to prevent violence in Kenya
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 11:31 am ETNairobi - Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan urged Kenya's leaders Tuesday to quicken the pace of reforms considered crucial to avoid a repeat of the violence that followed disputed presidential elections in December 2007. Annan broke...
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Kouchner praises Sudan woman who fought trouser law
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