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Rights groups bemoan lack of Beijing protests

The Beijing Olympics have left the world's human rights groups frustrated and angry - convinced that China has been let off the hook for serious abuses, and adamant that future hosts like Russia must be held to a higher standard. Cheek, co-founder of a group of athletes known as Team Darfur, had his visa revoked by Chinese authorities hours before he was to embark for Beijing. Team Darfur athletes who are in Beijing have acceded to International Olympic Committee curbs on political comment, resulting in what Cheek called "massive suppression of any voice that the government doesn't want heard."

China: The Cause Of Darfur's Genocide

Exploring politics, human rights abuses, dictatorship, war, Communism and Fascism. This report on the illegal sales of weapons will open your eyes and ears. China's sales of arms and fighter jets to Sudan is the cause of Darfur's genocide.

45,000 people dying a month in Congo

An estimated 5.4 million Congolese died between 1998 and April 2007 because of conflict, most from the rampant disease and food shortages stemming from fighting.

U.N. Force Takes Control in Darfur

As planned, the peacekeeping force would have been the largest such effort in the world, costing about $2 billion in its first year and drawing on military and police forces from the African Union and the United Nations. Instead, after months of wrangling, the force that made its debut on Monday was 9,000 strong, United Nations officials said. Experts worry that it may never get to the level where it will make any difference in the region s troubles.

Al Jazeera English - News - Africa Leaders Reject Eu Trade Deal

African leaders have dismissed free trade deals demanded by the European Union, placing a cloud over an agreement between the two continents to forge a new relationship based on equality. The failure to make progress on the Economic Partnerships Agreements (EPAs) in Portugal came after two days of talks marred by disputes over Zimbabwe and Darfur.

The Elders Urge Immediate Action on Darfur

In an effort to help bring an end to the crisis in Darfur, The Elders, a group of leaders dedicated to helping resolve major global conflicts, today released an action plan aimed to galvanize key players the Sudanese government, rebel groups, global leaders and civil society to re-double their efforts to end suffering in the region.

Militants Seize Pakistani Town , Hundreds Of Islamic Militants Seize Town In Pakistan As Security Fo

(AP) Hundreds of Islamic militants seized a town in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday after outnumbered security forces laid down their arms, militants and police said.

Ancient Darfur lake 'is dried up'

A vast underground lake in Darfur probably dried out thousands of years ago, a geologist says.

Bush says weighed sending US troops to Darfur

There's no oil there: US President George W. Bush said Thursday that he had considered, and discarded, the idea of sending US troops unilaterally to Sudan's Darfur province to halt what he calls "genocide" there.

UPDATED: International Day of Action: Stop the Genocide on Stolen Aboriginal Land

A mass rally will be held in Melbourne on Saturday 14 July, 12:30 pm, as part of an International Day of Action in opposition to the government's escalation of attacks on Indigenous communities and the denial of justice for Mulrunji and other Indigenous people who have been killed in police custody.

Paris Talks Generate Momentum Toward Easing Darfur Suffering

Speaking to reporters in the French capital, Mr. Ban said the United Nations is maintaining its focus on four distinct tracks - the political process, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and reconstruction and development in Darfur.

Sudan Is Secret Partner of US

Khartoum supplies information to the CIA on insurgents in Iraq. Washington - Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq - an example of how the United States has continued to cooperate with the Sudanese regime even while condemning its role in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur. President Bush has condemned the killings in Darfur as genocide and has imposed sanctions on Sudan's government. But some critics say the administration

Sudan accepts joint Darfur force

Sudan has agreed to a revised plan for a joint UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force to be sent to war-torn Darfur, AU sources say.

Sudan Is Secret Partner of US

Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq - an example of how the United States has continued to cooperate with the Sudanese regime even while condemning its role in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur.

Mass Holocaust grave found in Ukraine - Europe

I wonder what President Ahmenjenidad (?) will say: A mass grave holding the remains of thousands of Jews killed by the Nazis has been found in southern Ukraine near the site of what was once a concentration camp, a Jewish community representative said Tuesday.