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Gunmen kill Sudan MP in Darfur

AFP - 50 minutes ago

Gunmen 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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New York, 4 December 2009 - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Darfur
United Nations - Mon Dec 7, 7:00 pm ET
On 4 December at approximately 4:15 p.m. local time, a military convoy of the UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) escorting a water tanker, was ambushed by unidentified armed assailants at Saraf Umra in North Darfur.
UN chief asks Sudanese leader's help to free two hostages from Darfur peacekeeping mission
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Dec 7, 6:36 pm ET
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seeking help from Sudan's president to free two members of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur who have been held hostage for more than 100 days.
UN condemns Sudan crackdown on pro-reform rally
Boston Globe - Mon Dec 7, 4:48 pm ET
The U.N. and a U.S. advocacy group warned that the detention of three senior southern Sudanese politicians during a crackdown Monday on pro-reform protesters in Khartoum could undermine the country's upcoming elections and its fragile north-south peace deal.
Linking cultures ‘to help the world’
The Times Record - Mon Dec 7, 4:44 pm ET
TOPSHAM — Fourth-graders at Woodside Elementary School welcomed eight very special “teachers” to their school Friday morning.
Maryville native proud to serve in West Darfur
The Maryville Daily Times - Mon Dec 7, 3:27 pm ET
One Maryville native has devoted most of her adult life to humanitarian efforts and is proudly serving in one of the greatest conflicts of our time. Emily Chambers recently spoke with Alcoa High School students about working in West Darfur.
Office torched after Sudan detains opposition leaders
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 2:39 pm ET
Southern protesters torched an office of Sudan's ruling party after Khartoum police arrested three leaders and dozens of demonstrators on Monday in a crackdown against a pro-reform rally.
Two girls inspired student to bring about change
SouthtownStar - Mon Dec 7, 2:23 pm ET
When Aala Mohamed, a senior at Universal School, was traveling in Sudan several years ago, she saw two little girls running behind her van. "Their clothes were tattered and their rib cages were showing," she recalled. But the girls didn't want food — they wanted pencils to be able to write. This past summer Mohamed organized a follow-up trip to Sudan to help other children in the same plight.
UN Security Council condemns killing of five peacekeepers in Darfur
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 2:17 pm ET
New York - The United Nations Security Council on Monday strongly condemned the killing of five Rwandan peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region. Unknown gunmen attacked the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Friday and Saturday, resulti...
Five killed in Peru explosion
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 2:17 pm ET
Lima - Five people were killed Monday in an explosion and subsequent fire at their home in Lima that was apparently caused by fireworks, police said. The home in a slum of Lima's San Juan de Miraflores district was apparently being used to store gunp...
UN denounces discrimination ahead of Human Rights Day
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 2:16 pm ET
New York - The United Nations is standing by victims of discrimination, which appears in many forms in society, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a prepared message for Human Rights Day on Thursday. It may appear as institutionalized racism, ...
John Prendergast: Sudanese Regime Crackdown Requires International Crackdown on Sudanese Regime
The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 7, 1:13 pm ET
Today's vivid protests and arrests of senior SPLM politicians by Khartoum police clearly demonstrate that the U.S. should not be financing Sudan's electoral charade unless...
Sudanese Police Release Southern Officials; Party Offices Burnt
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 11:48 am ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sudanese police released senior officials from the southern Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, a junior partner in the government, following their arrest today before an unauthorized demonstration.
Police, protesters clash in Khartoum
UPI - Mon Dec 7, 11:18 am ET
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Police cordoned off Parliament in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum Monday after anti-government demonstrators rioted, witnesses say.
Senior southern figures arrested as Sudan bans rally
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 10:31 am ET
Riot police arrested three senior members of south Sudan's main political party and more than 100 supporters who demonstrated around Sudan's parliament on Monday despite an official ban, witnesses and officials said.
Sudan police briefly detain opposition leaders
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 10:04 am ET
Southern protesters torched offices of Sudan's ruling party after Khartoum police arrested three southern leaders and dozens of protesters on Monday in a crackdown against a pro-reform demonstration.