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Rwanda Threatens Darfur Pullout if U.N. Removes General
UNITED NATIONS, July 23 -- Rwanda has warned that it will withdraw its 3,000 peacekeepers from a U.N.-backed mission in the Darfur region of Sudan if the United Nations refuses to retain an alleged Rwandan war criminal as its second-highest-ranking commander there, according to U.S. and U.N. offi...
Washington Post – Jul 24, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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UNITED NATIONS, July 23 -- Rwanda has warned that it will withdraw its 3,000 peacekeepers from a U.N.-backed mission in the Darfur region of Sudan if the United Nations refuses to retain an alleged Rwandan war criminal as its second-highest-ranking commander there, according to U.S. and U.N. offi...
Washington Post – Jul 24, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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A Shameful Ban
APLAN THAT would direct about $50 billion over the next five years to halt the spread of HIV-AIDS in developing countries has dodged multiple challenges from Republican lawmakers and is set to become one of the Bush administration's finest accomplishments. The Senate voted overwhelmingly last week to approve the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the House is expected to do the same as early as today. But one of PEPFAR's most significant provisions, the elimination of a 21-year-old ban on HIV-positive visitors and immigrants that puts the United States in the company of countries such as Libya and Sudan, may not take effect even if the legislation passes. The bill leaves to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the decision as to whether HIV-positive visitors may enter the country. HHS officials have previously expressed a willingness to remove the ban but may delay a decision until the next administration takes office.
Washington Post – Jul 24, 2008 03:57 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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APLAN THAT would direct about $50 billion over the next five years to halt the spread of HIV-AIDS in developing countries has dodged multiple challenges from Republican lawmakers and is set to become one of the Bush administration's finest accomplishments. The Senate voted overwhelmingly last week to approve the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the House is expected to do the same as early as today. But one of PEPFAR's most significant provisions, the elimination of a 21-year-old ban on HIV-positive visitors and immigrants that puts the United States in the company of countries such as Libya and Sudan, may not take effect even if the legislation passes. The bill leaves to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the decision as to whether HIV-positive visitors may enter the country. HHS officials have previously expressed a willingness to remove the ban but may delay a decision until the next administration takes office.
Washington Post – Jul 24, 2008 03:57 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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UN should be hesitant on Darfur mission: Peacekeeping chiefAFP - The UN Security Council has "good reasons" to be unsure about sending large numbers of peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, its outgoing head of peacekeeping said in an interview published Thursday.
Yahoo! – Jul 24, 2008 02:31 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Al-Bashir Makes Defiant Darfur VisitSudan's president made a defiant visit to Darfur just a week after being charged with genocide in the war-ravaged region, vowing not to be intimidated by the indictment
Time.com – Jul 24, 2008 01:55 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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US lawmakers consider Olympic rights message to ChinaAFP - A resolution was introduced Wednesday in the US House of Representatives asking China to end human rights abuses and its support for tainted governments in Sudan and Myanmar in line with "Olympic traditions of freedom and openness".
Yahoo! – Jul 24, 2008 01:36 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Glencairn Balfour Paul: Diplomat, scholar and poet with a lifelong love of the Middle East
Glencairn Balfour Paul was a soldier, diplomat, traveller, explorer, scholar and poet, and excelled in all these diverse careers and vocations. Above all this floated an original dream of becoming an archaeologist, a dream which had to be abandoned because of family responsibilities. In the field of diplomacy, for which he was best known, he served in the Sudan Political Service and in Chile, Lebanon, Dubai and Bahrain before becoming ambassador to Iraq, then Jordan and Tunisia.
The Independent – Jul 23, 2008 11:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Glencairn Balfour Paul was a soldier, diplomat, traveller, explorer, scholar and poet, and excelled in all these diverse careers and vocations. Above all this floated an original dream of becoming an archaeologist, a dream which had to be abandoned because of family responsibilities. In the field of diplomacy, for which he was best known, he served in the Sudan Political Service and in Chile, Lebanon, Dubai and Bahrain before becoming ambassador to Iraq, then Jordan and Tunisia.
The Independent – Jul 23, 2008 11:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sudan's president pays defiant visit to Darfur
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Jackson Sun – Jul 23, 2008 10:44 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sudan Prez Shrugs Off Genocide Charges
On his first visit to Darfur since being charged with genocide and other crimes against humanity, Sudan's president listened to residents of the wasted region, and broke out in a tribal dance in front of thousands of supporters.
CBS News – Jul 23, 2008 9:03 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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On his first visit to Darfur since being charged with genocide and other crimes against humanity, Sudan's president listened to residents of the wasted region, and broke out in a tribal dance in front of thousands of supporters.
CBS News – Jul 23, 2008 9:03 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Arrest Warrant Looming, Bashir Goes on Tour
Sudan’s president returned to the scene of his alleged Darfur genocide on an uncharacteristic charm offensive.
New York Times – Jul 23, 2008 5:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sudan’s president returned to the scene of his alleged Darfur genocide on an uncharacteristic charm offensive.
New York Times – Jul 23, 2008 5:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Defiant Sudanese president visits Darfur
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan said Wednesday he would not be cowed by his indictment on genocide charges.
International Herald Tribune – Jul 23, 2008 4:47 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan said Wednesday he would not be cowed by his indictment on genocide charges.
International Herald Tribune – Jul 23, 2008 4:47 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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