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UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... The proof is in the pudding, of course -- or in this case, perhaps in the sorghum -- and, as this Jeffrey Gettleman NYT article made clear, Sudan is in fact one player in this new game, selling off a quantity of crops large enough to feed the displaced population in its western province of Darfur. Something tells me that "locavores" would be none too happy about this dynamic.
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Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
from the New York Times Sudan receives a billion pounds of free food from donors, butt he people in Darfur still starve. This article tries to look into why. - Kale By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN ED DAMER, Sudan — Even as it receives a billion pounds of free food from international donors, Sudan is growing and selling vast quantities of its own crops to other countries, capitalizing on high global...
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Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... points to the official corruption that afflicts the country. Sudan’s President Goes on Tour By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Sudan’s president returned to the scene of his alleged Darfur genocide on an uncharacteristic charm offensive. At Trial, Former Serb Leader Seeks to Represent Himself By MARLISE SIMONS and DAN BILEFSKY A lawyer for Radovan Karadzic said on Wednesday that his client would...
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Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Gratitude. "Somali killings of aid workers imperil relief," by Jeffrey Gettleman for the IHT, July 20 (thanks to DFS): NAIROBI, Kenya: At a time of drought, skyrocketing food prices, crippling inflation and intensifying street fighting, many of the aid workers...
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Rock The Truth (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
All I know is it STINKS of U.S. AGENTS and their proxies!!!! " Killings of aid workers in Somalia imperil relief " by Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times News Service | July 20, 2008 NAIROBI - At a time of drought, rising food prices, crippling inflation, and intensifying street fighting, many of the aid workers on whom millions of Somalis depend for survival are fleeing their posts - or...
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Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... Which movies made the 1,000 Best list? Somali Killings of Aid Workers Imperil Relief By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Aid workers whom millions of Somalis depend on for survival are fleeing their posts — driven out by what appears to be an organized terror campaign. Obama’s Visit Renews Focus on Afghanistan By CARLOTTA GALL and JEFF ZELENY Barack Obama stopped on a high-profile foreign trip in...
