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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Doctors Without Borders 
 Staffers Kidnapped in Darfur 

Abductions follow Sudan crackdown

Mar 12, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three aid workers from Doctors Without Borders are being held hostage in Darfur after a group of armed men kidnapped them, Reuters reports. The three staff members, all Westerners, were seized along with two Sudanese co-workers who were later released. The kidnapping came as Sudan cracks down on NGOs in... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • kidnapping • Doctors Without Borders • Saraf Omra, Sudan

 Sudan's Expulsion of Aid Groups Imperils Region

President kicked Oxfam, others out after ICC war crimes charges

Mar 11, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The expulsion of international aid groups from Sudan not only raises the risk of starvation for millions of people in Darfur's refugee camps, but is also sparking fears of increased violence by rebel groups opposed to President Omar al-Bashir, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "People with weapons are everywhere,... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Darfuris • Omar al Bashir • humanitarian aid • NGOs

 Sudan President Defies Darfur 
 Warrant, Ejects Aid Groups 

Aid groups ejected from Darfur as Bashir denounces 'colonialists'

Mar 5, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - A day after the International Criminal Court ordered his arrest for atrocities in Darfur, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir vowed to defy the court and called its decision a colonial conspiracy. The New York Times reports that Sudan's government also ordered 10 international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, to leave... More »

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Darfur • genocide • Sudan • The Hague • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court • arrest warrant

(Newser) - The International Criminal Court today issued a warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, charging him with murder, extermination, and rape, among other war crimes and crimes against humanity, the New York Times reports. Prosecutors say orders to kill or displace tribal people in Sudan’s Darfur region, which resulted in... More »

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Africa • Darfur • Sudan • war crimes • crimes against humanity • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court • arrest warrant

 Clooney Talks 
 Darfur With Obama 

Oscar-winner, president met in White House on Oscar day

Feb 24, 09 9:32 AM CST
(AP) - George Clooney had a pretty good reason for skipping the Oscars: He had a meeting yesterday with President Obama. Clooney told the president about his visit with Darfur refugees, and delivered 250,000 postcards gathered by the Save Darfur organization to the president. "I think somehow we should all... More »

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Darfur • White House • George Clooney • Save Darfur Coalition • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - George Clooney figures prominently in New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof's latest report from Africa, which Kristof describes as "yet another hand-wringing column about Darfur." He offers to swap dirt on the Hollywood heartthrob for readers' interest—then offers a chilling tale of a "petty... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Chad • genocide • Sudan • George Clooney • Nicholas Kristof

10 Places Already Feeling Global Warming's Heat

Hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast has taken the brunt of climate change so far

Dec 25, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - While some consider global warming a cautionary tale of things to come, its effects are already being felt all over the world, reports Scientific American. The worst-hit:
  • Darfur: The deserts have been crippled by a decades-long drought, and can no longer support farmers or their grazing herds.
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Darfur • politics • global warming • hurricane • Northwest Passage • Gulf Coast • Uganda • Alps • Great Barrier Reef

 Sudan Pushes Darfur Ceasefire 

Cooperation from rebels uncertain; past such efforts proved fruitless

Nov 12, 08 4:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced a unilateral ceasefire in Darfur today, saying the government would begin disarming militias. But no rebels were included in the ceasefire discussions, and similar declarations have failed repeatedly. Bashir is trying to persuade international prosecutors to hold off on attempts to indict him for genocide,... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Omar al Bashir • ceasefire • International Criminal Court

 Rice Set for
 Historic Meet
 With Gadhafi

First secretary of state visit to Libya in 55 years

Sep 3, 08 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice will become  first US secretary of state to visit Libya since the Eisenhower administration when she meets Friday with leader Moammar Gadhafi, reports the Voice of America. The meeting demonstrates the radical improvement in relations between the two nations since Gadhafi turned away from terrorism and scrapped Libya's... More »

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Darfur • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • David Welch • Lockerbie • Human Rights Watch • Pan Am • Dwight Eisenhower • Western Sahara

 Sudanese Hijackers Surrender

All passengers freed, 2 men arrested

Aug 27, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The hijackers of a Sudanese flight from Darfur surrendered to authorities in Libya today after releasing all 95 passengers. The two men gave no motive, but asked for refugee status in France, Reuters reports. The pilot said the suspects are from the Sudanese Liberation Movement, a charge the group's leader... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Libya • hijacker • plane hijacking • Sudan Liberation Movement • Abdel Wahed Mohammed al-Nur

Hijacked Sudan Airliner on the Ground in Libya

Former Darfur rebels among 102 still aboard as talks continue

Aug 26, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Sudanese flight hijacked today after lifting off from a Darfur airport has landed in Libya, the AFP reports. Authorities are still negotiating with hijackers; three former members of a rebel group are said to be among 102 on board. Yesterday, the UN reported 33 dead after a clash between... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Libya • refugee • rebels • plane hijacking

opinion

 Why No Arab Rage Over Darfur? 

Martin Peretz questions the Arab world's priorities

Aug 15, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel's wrongs against Palestine are "minor" compared to other modern conflicts—yet Arab leaders continue to cry bloody murder over Palestine while ignoring and covering up atrocities in Darfur, writes Martin Peretz, editor-in-chief of The New Republic. Darfur "does not trouble the conscience of Islam," Peretz writes.... More »

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Darfur • genocide • Palestine • Sudan • massacre • Arabs • Palestinians

 As Darfur Starves,
 Sudan Exports Staples

Exports crops to rich nations, still gets aid

Aug 10, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the UN trucks in food to millions of starving people in Darfur, Sudan is exporting important staple crops to other nations, the New York Times reports. Critics charge the government profits on big agribusiness while receiving more free food in aid than any other nation in the world.... More »

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United Nations • agriculture • Darfur • Sudan • trade • exports • starvation • malnutrition • food aid

China Revokes Visa of Olympian Darfur Activist

Speedskater Joey Cheek leads team for peace in Sudan

Aug 6, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hours before he was due to leave for Beijing today, US gold-medalist and Darfur activist Joey Cheek got a call from Chinese authorities revoking his visa, the Boston Globe reports. A retired speedskater, Cheek is the founder of Team Darfur, a global group of athletes devoted to bringing peace to... More »

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China • Darfur • Sudan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • visa • political activism • Joey Cheek • Team Darfur

Sudan Rallies Behind Leader, Despite Darfur

Indicted president
seen as only hope of preventing anarchy

Jul 28, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Omar al-Bashir is reviled across the world for presiding over the mass murder of his own people in Darfur, and now the Sudanese president has been accused of genocide by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. But within Sudan his rule has become more secure than ever, as opponent... More »

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Africa • Darfur • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court

 Sudanese Leader
 Shows 'Soft' Side in Darfur 

Bashir, charged with genocide, holds rally at scene of crimes

Jul 24, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president allegedly behind one of the world's worst campaigns of genocide and rape, traveled to Darfur yesterday to begin an uncharacteristic charm offensive. "We are with you, Darfur!", the president said, as he danced at a rally packed with thousands who appeared to have... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • Omar al Bashir

OPINION

In Sudan War Crimes Case, Peace Must Take Priority

Prosecuting Bashir would imperil  long-term situation

Jul 21, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The genocide and war crimes charges against the Sudanese president are a solid moral victory, but to actually prosecute Omar al-Bashir would derail realistic chances of peace in the war-torn nation, argues author David Rieff in the LA Times. Indeed, the African Union today called for the Security Council to... More »

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Darfur • genocide • Sudan • Omar al Bashir

China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

Director's Darfur protest stunt may run afoul of Beijing leadership

Jul 18, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg or his films could be banned from China under the new rules barring artists seen as a threat to national sovereignty, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Spielberg rankled Chinese leadership when he publicly withdrew from an artistic advisory board for the Beijing Olympics in protest of the nation’s... More »

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China • Darfur • Steven Spielberg • free speech • Sudan • censorship • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • artistic expression

Sudan President Accused of
War Crimes

Court could arrest al-Bashir over Darfur genocide

Jul 14, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was officially accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity today in International Criminal Court, the BBC reports. The court must now decide whether to issue a warrant for Bashir’s arrest. If it does, Sudan’s government says it will disrupt the peace process... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • war crimes • crimes against humanity • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court

Sudan's President to Face Genocide Charge

Some fear move out of the Hague could fuel instability in region

Jul 11, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The International Criminals Court will charge Sudan leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide Monday in the wake of a five-year campaign of violence that has left hundreds of thousands dead, the Washington Post reports. It will be the first time the court has charged a sitting head of state. But... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • peacekeeping force • Omar al Bashir • emergency aid • International Criminal Court

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