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• General Malaise

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 719
  From the hills outside Mandalay, Burma’s second city, the vista resembles a postcard of Asian serenity. Monks climb stone steps to a hillside shrine, where local men and women leave offerings of flowers and fruit. But the placid scene conceals one of the most repressive states in the world--a state that the Obama ...
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• What Can I do?

  
  TheDeeZone — Authority: 123
  Josiah and Manute Bol Recently one of our friend’s took his son six year-old son, Josiah to hear former NBA star Manute Bol speak about the work he is doing in Sudan.  Bol is building schools through Sudan Sunrise . During the Q&A time Josiah, asked a simple question, “What can I do?”   Bol suggested ...
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• Two Rwandan peacekeepers killed in Darfur ambush

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 711
  Source: Reuters * Unidentified gunmen open fire near market, houses * Attack highlights vulnerability of peacekeeping force (Adds details and background) KHARTOUM, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Two ...
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• Darfur: Is the war over or is the world losing interest?

  
  Global News Blog — Authority: 469
  It’s more than six years since mostly non-Arab rebels in Sudan’s western Darfur region revolted after accusing Khartoum of neglecting their remote corner of Africa’s biggest country. Khartoum’s U.N. Ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, declared in New York this week that the “war in Darfur is over.” ...
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• Two Rwandan peacekeepers killed in Darfur-UN

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 711
  Source: Reuters (Adds details, previous dateline UNITED NATIONS) KHARTOUM, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Two Rwandan peacekeepers were shot dead and three wounded after unidentified gunmen ambushed them close to a market in ...
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• Gration Gets Pummeled by Congress

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 150
  Yesterday, Obamas Sudan envoy Scott Gration testified before a House foreign affairs subcommittee. They were not happy with him. Unlike Grations last appearance before Congress—in which Senate committee chairman John Kerry made it clear that he supported the envoy—todays firing line of seven or eight House ...
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• Two Rwandan peacekeepers killed in Darfur-UN

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 711
  Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Two Rwandan peacekeepers in Sudans western Darfur region were killed and others were wounded in an attack by unidentified armed men, the United Nations said on ...
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• Sudans national opposition parties calling for mass demo in Khartoum on Monday

  
  Sudan Watch — Authority: 528
  From SRS - Sudan Radio Service December 4, 2009: (Khartoum, Sudan) – The coalition of national opposition parties is calling for a mass demonstration in Khartoum in front of parliament buildings on Monday. The coalition says that the move is a protest against the NCP’s delay in passing key security and ...
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• Sudanese who deny Darfur crimes may be charged-ICC

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 711
  Source: Reuters * Sudanese UN envoy says ICC prosecutor is "bankrupt" * ICC: Khartoum tortures people suspected of helping it By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Sudanese officials ...
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• Activist groups none-too-pleased with Darfur envoy Scott Gration

  
  UN Dispatch — Authority: 503
  Activists said they would adopt a "wait and see" attitude toward the administrations new Sudan policy. They have waited, and dont like what theyve seen. After the Obama administration rolled out its much anticipated Sudan Policy Review in mid-October, activists praised the content of the review, ...
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• Sudan: Christian soccer star sentenced to 40 lashes for drunk driving

  
  Jihad Watch — Authority: 756
  Forty lashes: not a good training technique "Cultural and intimidation issues" -- not surprising, in a culture of intimidation. "Nigerian player in Sudan wants out before next year," from the Sudan Tribune , December 4 (thanks to John): December 3, 2009 (KHARTOUM) - A Nigerian player in the top Sudanese club ...
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• Analysis: Abductions disrupt aid work in CAR

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 711
  Source: IRIN The UN has warned that the recent kidnapping of two aid workers in the northeastern town of Birao in Central African Republic will have a highly damaging impact on humanitarian activities in the remote, impoverished Vakaga region.
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• Senator Brownback, Scott Gration and The Sudanese Government

  
  WOK3 — Authority: 440
  Is there anyone we are dealing with that isn’t scum?  Well, that probably wouldn’t be brought up before a sub-committee, so never mind.  It just seems like in almost every corner of the globe that the ones in power are corrupt and/or psychotic, but then that was true for us as well in the previous 8 years. ...
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• Eritrea: The Forgotten

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 444
  Eastern Sudan hosts more than 66,000 registered Eritrean refugees, the first of whom arrived in 1968 during the early years of Eritrea’s war of independence against Ethiopia. These days, Eritrea’s policy of indefinite military conscription, coupled with drought and poor economic opportunities, prompt some 1,800 ...
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• New On-line Teaching Job vacancy

  
  eslstarter — Authority: 154
  New On-line Teaching Job vacancy Working hours: 4hours , prefer between 6pm~12pm (Korea Time) Work days: Mon - Friday Payment: 11~19$PH will be decided after interview Contact: eztell@naver.com Site Manager : Jane, Scott Contact number : 82 10 5552 3332 Email to send your CV and Photo: eztell@naver.com I. Tutors ...
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• Ethnic Violence In South Sudan Is Ready To Explode

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 458
  Ethnic Violence In South Sudan Troubling: U.S. Envoy -- Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. special envoy to Sudan voiced concern on Thursday about rising ethnic violence in its southern region and said Washington would step up efforts to help curb fighting ahead of nationwide elections next year. "We are ...
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• Calling all Christians to pray for Muslims in Harrow

  
  SIOE Stop Islamisation Of Europe — Authority: 420
  CHRISTIANS PLEASE COME TO HARROW TO PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS OF MUSLIMS WHO PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES Please come to the demonstration in front of Harrow’s Civic Centre on 13 th December at 14.00 to pray for Christians persecuted in Islamic countries merely for being Christians and for the forgiveness ...
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• More Questions Than Answers at Gration Hearing

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 429
  Read the Save Darfur Coalition’s statement to the committee here . Today, Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health .  The hearing, Chaired by Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) , a long-standing co-chair of the Sudan Caucus, ...
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• Are the Sudanese public-indecency whippings justified?

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 501
  Lubna Hussein wearing the pants for which she was convicted of public indecency in Sudan. Source: Associated Press The Muslim morality police in Sudan who arrested twelve women last summer, including journalist Lubna Hussein, for wearing “indecent clothing” in public (pants, as it turns out) and more recently ...
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• Sudan: Women’s Groups Advocate for Rape Law Reform

  
  Refugees International blogs — Authority: 118
  Women’s groups in Khartoum are working together to push for reform of north Sudan’s criminal laws on rape and adultery. Despite all of the difficulties that they face, they are taking positive steps forward and using the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence to launch their campaign. read more
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