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  • September 2007

    • Sudan's Leader Meets Pope, Vows to Honor Ceasefire

      Reuters  |  Sep 14, 07 3:24 PM CDT

      Sudan's Leader Meets Pope, Vows to Honor Ceasefire

      (Newser) - Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, in a rare and controversial visit to Italy, promised today to observe a ceasefire in Darfur during October peace talks. Pope Benedict used a meeting with Bashir to stress the importance of human rights, while Italy’s PM voiced “strong concerns” over the four-year genocidal crisis. Bashir urged Europe to encourage Sudanese rebels to attend the talks. More »

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      United Nations  • Italy  • Europe  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Sudan  • Darfur  • genocide  • Omar al Bashir  • Janjaweed  • religious freedom  • Khartoum

    • Israel Agrees to Accept Darfuris

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 6, 07 6:03 PM CDT

      Israel Agrees to Accept Darfuris

      (Newser) - Israel has softened its stance on the Sudanese refugees who have been seeking the right to stay in the country, saying yesterday it will grant citizenship to 300 to 500 Darfuris whose fate has generated widespread concern. Said the Jewish state’s interior minister, “Israel, with its history, must offer assistance.” Refugee advocates applauded the decision, the Christian Science Monitor reports, but not the terms. More »

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      Israel  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Egypt  • refugee

  • August 2007

    • Israel Rejects Refugees from Darfur Region

      Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 07 4:37 PM CDT

      Israel Rejects Refugees from Darfur Region

      (Newser) - Israel has turned back 48 Africans to Egypt and says it will no longer accept Darfur refugees who illegally enter the country, the AP reports. Some of the 50 migrants a day who have already snuck into the country will be allowed to stay, Israel says, but all others will be returned to Africa even if they face poverty or death. Critics are prompting questions over the Jewish state’s moral obligation toward targets of genocide. More »

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      Israel  • Africa  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Egypt  • genocide  • refugee  • asylum

    • African Union Rejects Asian Troops for Darfur

      BBC  |  Aug 13, 07 3:47 AM CDT

      African Union Rejects Asian Troops for Darfur

      (Newser) - Asian troops promised by the United Nations for a joint peacekeeping force in Darfur won't be needed, the leaders of the African Union said yesterday; African countries  will supply all 26,000 peacekeepers, the BBC reports. But critics doubt that enough trained African soldiers are available for an effective force, and that they will be sufficiently independent of the Sudanese government to stop the violence.  More »

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      Pakistan  • United Nations  • Africa  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Indonesia  • Nepal  • African Union  • peacekeeping force

  • July 2007

    • UN OKs 26K Troops for Darfur

      Reuters  |  Jul 31, 07 6:21 PM CDT

      UN OKs 26K Troops for Darfur

      (Newser) - The Security Council voted today to send as many as 26,000 soldiers and police to Sudan, Reuters reports. But the combined UN-African Union peacekeeping troops will have permission to use force only to defend civilians and humanitarian workers, a watering-down of proposals that would have allowed troops to seize weapons and would have included the threat of sanctions. More »

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      United Nations  • Gordon Brown  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Security Council  • African Union

    • SEC Shuts Down Online Terror List

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 22, 07 10:42 AM CDT

      SEC Shuts Down Online Terror List

      (Newser) - The SEC is taking down an online list used to expose companies that do business with countries affiliated with terrorism after critics charged that the Web tool made false accusations and wasn't up to date. "It was basically a word-search list," a US official tells the Wall Street Journal. "There was nothing the least bit sophisticated about it." More »

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      list  • Iran  • terrorism  • SEC  • Sudan  • counterterrorism

    • Darfur Lake Is Dried Up, Draining Hope

      BBC  |  Jul 20, 07 4:41 PM CDT

      Darfur Lake Is Dried Up, Draining Hope

      (Newser) - Hopes for an enormous underground lake discovered recently in Darfur might supply enough water to end starvation and violence in the area were dimmed by a second opinion from  a French geologist. The area receives too little rain and has the wrong type of rocks for water storage, said a specialist in mineral and water exploration: the lake probably dried up thousands of years ago. More »

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      Africa  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Boston  • genocide  • water  • Crisis in Darfur  • lake  • geologist  • Darfuris

    • Darfur Hopes Lie in Hidden Lake

      BBC  |  Jul 18, 07 3:34 PM CDT

      Darfur Hopes Lie in Hidden Lake

      (Newser) - A giant lake discovered beneath Darfur could lead to resolution of the conflict in the region, where genocide has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Darfuris and 2 million people have been left homeless since 2003, the BBC reports. Radar revealed the ancient body of water, comparable in size to Lake Erie, which could supply 1,000 wells, researchers say. More »

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      climate change  • Sudan  • Darfur  • genocide  • farmer  • water  • lake  • Arabs  • radar  • Lake Erie

  • June 2007

    • China Raises Profile in Africa

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jun 27, 07 9:28 AM CDT

      China Raises Profile in Africa

      (Newser) - China is increasing the number of UN peackekeepers it sends to Africa and raising its profile on the continent, creating a kind of "peace corps" to address problems from job shortages to health care, the Christian Science Monitor reports. China, itself a developing nation, appears determined to both do good and do well in large and small ways. More »

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      China  • United Nations  • Africa  • Sudan  • World Bank  • peacekeeper

    • Sudan OKs Darfur Peace Talks

      Reuters  |  Jun 18, 07 9:51 AM CDT

      Sudan OKs Darfur Peace Talks

      (Newser) - Months of negotiations over the crisis in Darfur have culminated in agreements by the Sudanese government to participate in peace talks and to admit a joint UN-African union peacekeeping force to the region. Security Council reps visited Khartoum yesterday and nailed down details that addressed the government's concerns, Reuters reports—namely, that the peacekeepers will be under African control. More »

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      United Nations  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Security Council  • African Union  • peacekeeping force  • Oxfam

    • CIA Uses Spies From Sudan to Infiltrate Iraq

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 11, 07 12:32 PM CDT

      CIA Uses Spies From Sudan to Infiltrate Iraq

      (Newser) - The CIA is secretly working with the Sudanese government to send spies into Iraq, even as the US condemns the regime's role in the Darfur genocide, the LA Times reports. Sudan's position as a gateway for Islamic militants heading for Iraq and Pakistan makes it ideal for sending spies into Iraq. And Sudanese agents can penetrate where Americans cannot. More »

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      Iraq  • CIA  • Sudan  • Darfur  • genocide  • Islamic militants  • sanctions  • spy

  • May 2007