Eleven killed in Darfur
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur says 11 people died after an attack by unidentified gunmen this week.
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El-Tahir el-Fakie - Darfur peace talks in Doha postponed until December
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
This week, all news reports at the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) have disappeared due to technical issues. Here is a report, received via email, from SRS, dated Thursday, November 19, 2009: (Khartoum) - The Darfur peace talks in Doha have been postponed again. The AU and UN joint mediator and the Qatari mediators issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that they will resume the talks soon, since...
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AU chief urges active role of Darfur's civil society in peace process
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Chairman of the African Union Commission Jean Ping said here Wednesday the civil society in Sudan's Darfur region should play an active role in the regional peace process. Addressing a meeting of representatives of civil society from Darfur, Ping said the civil society should confront the challenges through a unified position to help move forward the reconciliation process. He urged the civil society...
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South Sudan Governer of Upper Nile State was relieved of his duties last Sunday
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Note that news reports at the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) are currently unavailable due to technical problems. Here is a copy of an untitled report, received by email, from SRS, Thursday, November 19, 2009: (Khartoum) - The former governor of Upper Nile state, Dak Duop Bichok, has described retired Brigadier, Galuak Deng Garang’s refusal to relinquish power in Malakal as an act of rebellion....
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The perverse equivalence
Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a paper on how the term "apartheid" is being used to deny Israel's right to exist, Robbie Sabel concluces: The Apartheid campaign against Israel has another revealing feature. It rarely deals with the massive abuse of human rights or cases of real Apartheid elsewhere in the world. In other words, it singles out Israel with a false accusation. For example, President Carter has spoken about...
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World News Briefs -- November 19, 2009 (Evening Edition)
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Diplomats said Belgium's Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy has been named the EU's first president. Reuters Belgian Premier Van Rompuy Named First EU President -- Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders picked the low-key prime minister of Belgium and a British trade representative who's never held elective office as the bloc's first president and foreign minister. There were weeks of...
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You Won't Get Rich Modeling for Abercrombie: How much does Abercrombie & Fitch...
Racked (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
How much does Abercrombie & Fitch pay its models? Style Section L.A. puts the question to water polo player, Darfur activist, and beefcake Brad Greiner,...
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UN Operations In Congo: A Dangerous Strategy
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Compared with the energy and awareness surrounding the genocide in Darfur, the crisis in Congo is often known as the "forgotten conflict" -- despite the fact that over five million people have been killed since the war began 1998. After a brief flurry of headlines last year, the crisis has received little media attention. Meanwhile, the situation in Congo has only grown worse, especially...
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Algeria qualifies for 2010 World Cup Competition after beating Egypt 1-0 in Khartoum - Egypt sending troops to evacuate football fans in Sudan
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Unfortunately, this week, all news reports at the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) have disappeared due to technical issues. Here is a report, received by email from SRS, dated Thursday, November 19, 2009: Finally, we bring you this item from the SRS sporting supremo, Francis I. Butili: 19 November 2009 - (Khartoum) - Algeria’s national football team has qualified for the 2010 World Cup competition...
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South Sudan: Terkeka county official says about 40 people were killed last Sunday in clashes over grazing land along border of Aliap and Terkeka
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
This week, all news reports at the website of Sudan Radio Service (SRS) have disappeared due to technical issues. Here is a report, received via email, from SRS, dated Thursday, November 19, 2009: (Terkeka) - The commissioner of Terkeka county says about 40 people were killed last Sunday when the two communities clashed over grazing land along the border of Aliap and Terkeka counties. Speaking to Sudan...
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US Special Envoy Gration to visit Abyei, Sudan today to discuss border demarcation
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The US Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, is expected to arrive in Abyei today. Upon arrival, Gration is expected to meet with Abyei administration, the joint integrated units, and the United Nations Mission in Sudan. Gration will also look into the implementation of border demarcations in accordance to Arbitration Court ruling. Source: mirayafm.org Thursday, 19 November 2009 15:38. Thank you for...
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The American Famine
Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In the 1960s, the world seemed on the verge of a global food crisis, as the population grew faster than the food supply. As I wrote last week, thanks largely to a suite of technologies known as "the Green Revolution"—which combined high-yielding varieties of wheat, rice, and corn with the intensive use of irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides—grain production more than doubled...
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Signing of MoU between African Union (AU) and the government of Germany
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Signing of MoU between African Union (AU) and the government of Germany ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 18, 2009/APO Invitation to a press conference for the Signing of MoU between African Union (AU) and the government of Germany Where: AU headquarters, Media Center When: Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at 3:30pm Why: The AU will hold a meeting and signs an agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany...
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Egypt v Algeria football match in Khartoum, Sudan guarded by 15,000 police
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From Radio Dabanga , Wednesday, November 18, 2009: Egypt-Algeria match in Khartoum secured by fifteen thousand policemen (Khartoum - agencies -18 November): Fifteen thousand policemen will be deployed in the streets of Khartoum. This said the Walli of Khartoum Dr. Abdel Rahman Algidir. They guard also the two hotels in which teams from Egypt and Algeria are residing. He said his government is ready...
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Sudan: SRSG-CAAC Gains First-Hand Assessment of North Darfur
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
As part of a 10-day tour to gain a first-hand view of the situation in Sudan, the UN SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, visited the North Darfur city of El Fasher.
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Film and symposium explore modern-day genocides
highman | 10/17/2008
By courtesy An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed in Turkey during what's called the first genocide of the 20th century. By Barbara Taormina/salem@cnc.com About four minutes into Apo Torosyan’s new film, “The Morgenthau Story,” New York County D.A. Robert Morgenthau calmly offers a bone-chilling comment. “ If the world had reacted to the genocide of the Armenians, Hitler would have been reluctant
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Drop of Western influence at the UN: Good or Evil?
petercasier | 09/28/2008
Is this perceived drop of influence from the West caused by the human rights issues being based too much on traditional 'West values'? The fact the UN fails to rally sufficient support to take appropriate action in Darfur, is one thing, but the article also quotes the drop of support for the independence in Kosovo, failure to condemn the Russian reaction in Georgia, the build-up of Iran's nuclear power...
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United Nations screens “Screamers” in Tokyo
highman | 07/05/2008
Screamers Director: Carla Garapedian UK (2006) Audio: English Subtitles: Japanese 90 min. Genre: Documentary Japan Premiere http://www.screamersmovie.com © 2008 MG2 Productions Multi-platinum, Grammy-award winning rock band, System of a Down's critically acclaimed political tour movie, is an impassioned synthesis of concert film and political expose about the rock group's intensely personal campaign