Relief Web (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Sudan's President Omar Bashir has said the mass rape did not happen in Darfur and dismissed allegations he is responsible for genocide as "fabricated and made up".
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
he top United Nations peacekeeping official is on his first official visit to Sudan's Darfur region, where the world body is slated to field its largest mission in an effort to stem a conflict that has already killed some 300,000 people directly or from resulting disease and malnutrition, and uprooted than 2.7 million others.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A United Nations military inspection team has expressed satisfaction over Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) readiness to redeploy its peacekeeping troops in the troubled Sudanese western region of Darfur.
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
President Omar al-Bashir says international interference will hamper peace. Darfuris ask: 'What peace?'
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Aegis Trust has received credible eyewitness reports that Janjaweed militia from the Maalia and Rizeigat tribes, estimated to be 300-strong, travelling in jeeps and armed with kalashnikovs, are massing outside the Darfur town of Muhajeriya.
Political Punch (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Informed by ABC News that she holds an investment in a mutual fund that owns shares in companies that human rights organizations say help the government of Sudan, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday said through a spokesman that she...
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
You may recall that in the Vice-Presidential debate, Governor Palin came down hard against the Government of Sudan and even recommended a no-fly-zone over Darfur. Since then, the intrepid ABC news investigative team discovered that "Palin owns up to $15,000...
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | yesterday
economic news We need a banking system. But do we need a banking system like this one? NEWS QUIZ: $73.7 million and $57.2 million are, respectively, A ) the 2007 budgets of the states of Maryland and Mississippi. B ) the cost of feeding all refugees in Darfur last year. C ) last year’s pay packages for the Chairmen of Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase. Hint: they both did a heckuva job. (from ironictimes.com)...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week, we posted a story about comments from the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir. Yes, the same one who is committing genocide to the people in Darfur. I thought it was weird that he would show his face in a summit, and make charges against the international community. I also thought it was weird that he was the chair of this group's summit. We found this commentary on the international community...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
A top United Nations peacekeeping official met Thursday in El Fasher, North Darfur, with Minni Minawi, leader of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA/MM), one of the country's rebel factions. Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy held the talk with the SLA/MM as part of his first official visit to Sudan's Darfur region, where the organization's peacekeeping body is designated to...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Romeo Dallaire, former military head of the United Nations at the time of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, will take part on 14 October in a conference organized at the University of Montreal on the topic: "From Rwanda to Darfur; the Work of Peacekeepers and the Role of the Media".
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Thursday that war-crimes allegations against him are fabricated.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is noon hour in the Pit, an outdoor courtyard at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill where students gather for lunch, which explains the tables manned by earnest young men and women promoting breast-cancer awareness, relief for the victims of Darfur, and the upcoming drag queen show.
Rondam Ramblings (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
[I sent this out to a private financial mailing list in response to the question, "How are you sleeping nowadays?" Someone asked me to post it here. It's been lightly edited from the original.] Hard as it may be to believe, things are still not very bad in real terms. The U.S. economy is still growing, and unemployment is not very high by historical standards, though both of those are
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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...
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
zipdadoda | 04/19/2008
While the UN continues to slap itself on the back for it's stupendous job well done, occasionally the realities do get told. You Tube has removed the video but in this viral environment, we are trying to track it down.
