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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Sudan stories: 116 news summaries

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Teddy Teacher Spurs UK
to Kill Own Blasphemy Law

House of Lords strikes down statute questioned since Sudan teddy-bear case

Mar 6, 08 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Britain's House of Lords voted yesterday to abolish blasphemy laws after an international incident sparked debate over secularism and tradition, the Los Angeles Times reports. With the UK and Sudan at odds in November over the prosecution of a British teacher allowing students to name a teddy bear Mohammad, many... More »

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Islam • Christianity • Sudan • hypocrisy • Britain • blasphemy • teddy bears • Gillian Gibbons • Jesus Christ

Darfur Sees New Cycle of Bloodshed, Refugees

Recent upset in Chad has Sudanese military, janjaweed militias on warpath

Mar 2, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Darfur may be on a road back to the pitched fighting between rebels, militias and the Sudanese army that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions 5 years ago, prompting the US to call it genocide, the New York Times reports. The Sudanese government recently stepped up operations in... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Chad • genocide • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • African Union • peacekeeper • Sudanese Liberation Army • Janjaweed • Justice and Equality Movement

Olympic Sponsors Targeted Over China-Darfur Links

McDonald's and others supporting 'genocide Olympics,' activists say

Feb 20, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Activists are preparing to plaster college campuses with posters with charges like “McDonald’s: Proud Sponsor of the Genocide Olympics,” hoping to pressure multinational corporations sponsoring the Beijing Games into doing more about Darfur, BusinessWeek reports. Buying oil from Sudan makes China a sponsor of the region's genocide,... More »

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China • Darfur • genocide • Steven Spielberg • McDonald's • Sudan • General Electric • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Mia Farrow • Adidas • activist • Dream For Darfur • Save Darfur Coalition

Bush Defends Decision Not to Send Troops
to Darfur

Reluctant to intervene in another Muslim nation

Feb 15, 08 3:35 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has defended his decision not to send US troops to Darfur to stop the genocide taking place in the troubled African region. The choice was partly due to a desire not to intervene in another Muslim country, he told the BBC. Bush is scheduled to leave today for... More »

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Africa • Kenya • Darfur • Zimbabwe • diplomacy • Sudan • South Africa • foreign aid • George W. Bush

Spielberg Quits '08 Olympics Over Darfur

Filmmaker slams
China for failing to pressure Sudan

Feb 12, 08 7:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg stepped down today as a 2008 Beijing Olympics adviser over China’s links to the Darfur genocide, the BBC reports. “I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue business as usual,” the filmmaker said. China has been criticized for buying oil from the... More »

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China • Steven Spielberg • Sudan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Crisis in Darfur • Nobel Peace Prize

12,000 Flee Darfur Raids for Chad

Sudanese gov't says attacks on 3 villages aimed at rebels

Feb 10, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Government attacks on Darfur villages, ostensibly directed at rebel fighters, have caused a new exodus of at least 12,000 people from western Sudan into Chad, the BBC reports. The government acknowledges bombing three villages Friday, but said it was targeting fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement. Rebel leaders... More »

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Darfur • Chad • human rights • Sudan • Human Rights Watch • Janjaweed • rebels • Justice and Equality Movement

Chad President Claims 'Control' of Country

Rebels supported by Sudan 'forced to flee,' Idriss Deby says

Feb 6, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The president of Chad said today his forces had reclaimed control of the whole nation, the AP reports. "Security forces have repulsed the aggressors. The mercenaries directed by Sudan have been forced to flee," Idriss Deby said in his first public remarks since the uprising began last week.... More »

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Chad • Sudan • Idriss Deby • Khartoum • Chadian rebels • N'Djamena

Tense Quiet Prevails in Chad

Sarkozy says France will support embattled government if needed

Feb 5, 08 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Chad's capital city was largely quiet today as rebels prowled the outskirts of violence-wracked N'Djamena, Reuters reports. "I think they are awaiting some reinforcements,” the foreign minister told the AP. Just in case, Nicolas Sarkozy said France was ready to lend its former colony's government military support. “... More »

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Darfur • Chad • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • N'Djamena • Justice and Equality Movement

Rebels Flee Chad's Capital

Government declares victory; insurgents say move allows civilians
to escape hostilities

Feb 4, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Rebels pulled out of Chad’s capital city of N’Djamena last night, temporarily ending a 2-day siege, but renewed hostilities broke out today, the AP reports. The rebels said they pulled back to allow civilians to flee, an offer hundreds took advantage of. But the interior minister insisted the... More »

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Darfur • Chad • Sudan • France • peacekeeping force • peacekeeper • Idriss Deby • rebels

New Peace Envoy Clooney Pleads for Darfur

Sees 'hope' after first mission to Africa

Feb 1, 08 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor George Clooney was officially designated a United Nations peace envoy yesterday—but he had already wrapped up his first mission. "If I'm going to go somewhere that cameras are going to follow me, they might as well follow me to places that people should be looking at,"... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • George Clooney

Safe Strain Will Spur Ebola Work

Scientist develops less dangerous virus for research

Jan 22, 08 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the world's deadliest viruses has been made safe for researchers, speeding up the process of finding drugs and a vaccine, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. University of Wisconsin scientists developed a safe strain of the Ebola virus by removing one of its eight genes. "Now we have... More »

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Sudan • Ebola • Yoshihiro Kawaoka • University of Wisconsin Madison • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. • Zaire

US Diplomat Shot Dead
in Sudan

USAID official succumbs to injuries in Khartoum

Jan 1, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - A US diplomat has died of injuries suffered when he was shot five times early this morning as he rode through the streets of Khartoum, the AP reports. The attack immediately killed his driver. The shooting occurred a day after a joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping duties... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • Sudanese • US Agency for International Development

Teddy Bear Teacher Tells Her Own Tale

Gibbons doesn't regret going to Sudan, blames herself for ordeal

Dec 9, 07 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - "I had no idea at all that I'd done something wrong," Gillian Gibbons tells the Guardian in an interview about her incarceration in Sudan for letting her class name a teddy bear Mohammed. But the teacher's ordeal hasn't soured her on Khartoum, which she calls a "wonderful... More »

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Islam • Sudan • Prophet Mohammed • teddy bears • Gillian Gibbons • Baroness Warsi • Nazir Ahmed

Darfur's Displaced
Battle Hunger, Disease, Raids

Sudan's 2.5M refugees struggle to survive

Dec 8, 07 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - "It is unsafe for me to go back home and it's not safe here," a resident of Abu Chok, a refugee camp in Darfur currently home to 54,000, tells the Guardian. Residents endure endemic malnutrition, malaria, and typhoid in hopes of security—the camp is 4 miles... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • malaria • refugee camp • refugee • Khartoum • Janjaweed • malnutrition

EU Makes Nice With Africa 

Europe offers trade pacts that snub human rights; UK refuses to attend Lisbon summit

Dec 7, 07 8:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The EU will pooh-pooh human rights issues this weekend as it woos Africa with new trade pacts at a rare summit in Lisbon, the Economist reports. With China and India snapping up more African resources, Europe plans to offer friendly deals that leave out human rights demands. But the EU's... More »

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China • Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • India • European Union • Sudan • Lisbon • natural resources

'Terrified' Teddy Bear Teacher Happy to Be Home

Shocked adventure-seeker got 'more than I bargained for'

Dec 4, 07 5:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Safely home after a "terrifying" ordeal in a Sudanese jail for allowing a class Teddy bear to be named Muhammad, teacher Gillian Gibbons was delighted to be back with family today. "I went out there to have a bit of an adventure and I got more than I... More »

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Sudan • Muhammad • Britain • teddy bears • Gillian Gibbons

Teddy Bear Teacher
Goes Free

Amid protests over pardon, educator to head home to UK

Dec 3, 07 11:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Gillian Gibbons was released today after a week behind Sudanese bars and apologized "if I have caused any distress," the Guardian reports. Though some called for her death, Gibbons wasn’t bearing a grudge. “I have encountered nothing but kindness from the Sudanese people,” she said... More »

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Sudan • Muhammad • Britain • teddy bears • Gillian Gibbons

'Muhammad' Teddy Bear Teacher
Wins Pardon

Brit lords mediated; she'll be free today

Dec 3, 07 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A teacher who was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Sudan for allowing a classroom teddy bear to be named Muhammad has won a full pardon and will be freed today, the BBC reports. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir granted the pardon to Gillian Gibbons, 54, after meeting with two... More »

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Islam • Sudan • Gordon Brown • Omar al Bashir • Gillian Gibbons • teacher

Teddy Teacher May Gain
Early Release

British Muslim lawmakers optimistic as they arrive in Sudan

Dec 1, 07 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - British Muslim lawmakers came to Sudan today to push for the early release of the teacher whose class set off a national furor by naming a teddy bear Muhammad, the BBC reports. The move raised hopes that Sudan leaders can free her to a Muslim delegation without angering protesters calling... More »

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Islam • Sudan • Muslims • blasphemy

Armed Mob Wants British Teacher Dead

Teddy bear case turns uglier as thousands protest in Khartoum

Nov 30, 07 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An armed mob thousands strong protested in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum today, demanding the execution of the British teacher who allowed her students to name a teddy bear "Mohammed." Meanwhile, Britain's first Muslim MP is flying to Sudan to push for the teacher's early release,... More »

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Islam • Sudan • teddy bears • Gillian Gibbons

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