Here are some posts from yesterday & today:
This is a sample of breaking stories on Darfur from
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Latest News http://www.savedarfur.org/go.php?q=latestNews.htmlMay 23, 2005 -
Egyptian Parliament approves sending troops to Darfur Sudan TribuneThe Egyptian People's Assembly on Monday approved a decision by President Husni Mubarak on sending peacekeeping forces to the western Sudanese region of Darfur for a period of six years at the request of United Nations.
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EU pledges logistical support for African Union in Darfur Politinfo.comEuropean Union foreign and defense ministers have pledged to provide aircraft to transport thousands of African troops to Sudan's Darfur region to help end the conflict there. The ministers also called for an international inquiry into recent events in Uzbekistan and warned Iran to continue its freeze on nuclear activities.
Several E.U. member countries have offered logistical support and equipment to the African Union as it expands its peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
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Security police censor Khartoum Monitor Index on CensorshipSudanese state security police banned an entire issue of the Khartoum Monitor newspaper after the editor refused to withdraw a Reuters report and a Monitor editorial on rioting at a displaced persons camp south of the capital, in which six civilians including a baby and a teenager, and 14 policemen died.
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AU lists military hardware it needs from donors for Darfur peacekeeping Sudan TribuneThe African Union will press donors for six helicopter gunships, 116 armored personnel carriers and other equipment for its peacekeepers struggling to end the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's western Darfur region.
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Darfur study aims to inform, inspire change The DartmouthThe Dartmouth Lawyer's Association called for immediate action by the United States government and the United Nations to alleviate the suffering of displaced persons in Darfur in a recently released study. Copies of the study, published two weeks ago, were sent to congressional leaders, members of the Bush administration and the United Nations.
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Our genocidal ally in Khartoum Jewish World ReviewGeorge W. Bush was the first world leader to directly rebuke Sudan's murderous ruler, Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, for his government's responsibility for the mass killings, rapes and brutal displacement of black Africans in the Darfur region of Sudan last year. And the then Secretary of State Colin Powell forthrightly and accurately called these atrocities genocide.
But Bush has been silent for some time about Darfur, where the death toll is at least 400,000, many murdered by Sudanese armed forces and their accomplices, the savage Arab Janjaweed.
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Rape a life-threatening epidemic Agencia Internacional de Noticias (Spain)Aurelie Lamaziere helped compile the recent MSF report on sexual violence there. This is her story of how she and the MSF staff in the clinics heard those voices and uncovered some of what the women had been through.
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March for Darfur starts "Week of Conscience" in Cincinnati The News-RecordThe University of Cincinnati chapter of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, kicked off the "Week of Conscience" with a Freedom Walk Sunday.
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Originally posted by Tom Yossarian Joad BRUSSELS: Barring a last-minute hitch, NATO is set to make its debut in Africa by backing up an African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region — although it is keen to be discreet..
NATO head Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, who is to take part in a Darfur donors’ conference in Addis Ababa this week, said recently he was “confident” that the military alliance’s member states would take up an AU request for help. But it is keen to stress that the African body will be in charge of the mission. “NATO agrees this must remain and be seen to remain an AU mission with NATO intervening only in a support role,” said a NATO official, who declined to be named. The AU so far has a 2,200-strong peacekeeping force, but this could rise to more than 7,700 by September, and perhaps 12,000 later on. Its deployment has been slowed by logistical problems and lack of enough air transport.
To help speed things up, the AU has asked both NATO and the European Union specifically for logistical support including troop transport and lodging, as well as training, communications equipment and other material.
But Sudan’s Foreign Minister Moustafa Osmane Ismail said NATO could only provide support to the AU on condition that there were “no troops other than Africans” on Darfur soil.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_23-5-2005_pg4_4 A place to take action:
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Take Action NowWhatever you choose to do, you will be making a difference in ending the violence in Darfur and reducing the suffering of your neighbors, even though they may live thousands of miles away.
If we all play even a small part, together we will make a very big difference. Collect signatures for a petition calling for a strong response to the crisis in Darfur. Remember that petitions should include the names and addresses of the signatories and the petition statement should be printed on the top of each page. You can find a sample petition here. Address the petition to President Bush and send copies of the petition to your local Congressperson and Senators.
Demonstrate. Organize and/or participate in demonstrations at the Sudan Embassy in Washington D.C. and Sudan Mission and/or UN in NYC. Or organize a vigil at a local school, community center or place of worship.
Donate money to relief efforts. Make a contribution to a humanitarian organization that is providing aid to the people of Darfur. A list of several of these organizations can be found here. You can also see a list of Coalition members and their websites. Or you can donate online now to the Save Darfur Coalition's fund, putting your contribution to work for public awareness and education about the plight of the Darfurian people.
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