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    • Sudan Is Secret Partner of US

      Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner

      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.

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      U.S. imposes new sanctions against Sudan

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      President Bush on Tuesday ordered U.S. sanctions tightened against Sudan's government for its refusal to stop the violence in the Darfur region. In brief remarks, Bush followed through on a threat made six weeks ago to pursue tougher action against a government that he said was complicit in the bombing and rape of innocent civilians.

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      Divest from Sudan, Darfur activists urge

      Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

      Activists trying to protect civilians in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday stepped up their campaign aimed at investors, saying Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Fidelity Investments are "supporting the genocide" and receiving word that Ford has stopped selling its Land Rover vehicles in Sudan.

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      Fighting between Chad and Sudan Continues

      Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera

      Chad and Sudan signed a non-agression pact two months ago but frequently blame each other for supporting anti-government forces in their respective countries. "Sudan has not abandoned its sinister project of destabilising Chad," the government said on Monday, calling on the population "to rally more than ever behind the defence and security forces to preserve their democratic gains, and guarantee sovereignty and territorial integrity".

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    • Siemens and the moral high ground

      Posted by SoxFirst

      With the latest reports coming in of Sudanese planes bombing Darfur in the four year civil war which has killed 200,000 people and left 2.5 million homeless, Klaus Kleinfeld, the chief of scandal-plagued Siemens says his company might pull out of Sudan for moral reasons.

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    Jeff comments on:

    Massive Animal Herds Flourishing Despite Sudan War, Survey Reveals

    Michael Fay is amazing. I saw him lecture in Seattle about the megatransect of Africa. Many photos of his previous trip are already on Google Earth. I am now looking forward to his next visit to Seattle's NG Live series!

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    1:16 am 6/13/07
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    Billbar comments on:

    Grim New Turn May Harden Darfur Conflict

    here’s something related and informartive.

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    11:06 am 10/23/06
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