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...travel agent had assured me Bishaq was his best driver for my planned journey through the Darfur refugee camps of eastern Chad, but things did not start well. We'd arranged a 5 a.m. start in the hope of crossing the 614 miles of unpaved road to the eastern town of Abeche by nightfall. Bishaq was not only five and a half hours late, but come 5 p.m., as we passed a dust-blown town called Mongo, he suddenly swerved through some metal gates, pulled up in a dusty courtyard, stepped out and ambled away with the word: "Hotel...
...appear in the ranks of Darfur's feared Janjaweed militia - at least that's according to leaders of the rebel forces fighting against the government-backed Arab supremacists that have rained terror on the region's ethnic African villages. Leaders of Darfur's rebel groups based in eastern Chad tell TIME that they believe several Janjaweed leaders are now close to joining the rebels. Their defection would be spurred by fear that the Sudan government may betray Janjaweed commanders to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where they would face war crimes charges. And the rebels seem remarkably ready...
...issue summonses for Ahmed Haroun, a former state interior minister, and militia commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb. Rebel leaders say the ICC investigation will potentially drive a wedge between Janjaweed commanders and their backers in Khartoum. At Tine, on the Darfur-Chad border, local commanders from the J.E.M. and Darfur's other rebel group, the Sudanese Liberation Army (S.L.A.), claim that one prominent Janjaweed commander had already changed sides, bringing with him 400 men and 10 trucks mounted with machine guns. The claim could not be verified...
...Foreign Relations meeting. The prestigious foreign-policy organization, with members like Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and Alan Greenspan, has nominated globetrotting actress and tabloid fixation ANGELINA JOLIE for membership. Selection of members is based on their demonstrated interest in world affairs. Jolie, who spent Oscar weekend visiting refugees in Chad for the United Nations and who has adopted a son from Cambodia and a daughter from Ethiopia, clearly fills that bill. Frankly, we can't imagine anyone better to disarm a rogue state...
...Raiders did manage to beat Tobe early off of a turnover in the Crimson zone, he shut down the Colgate offense for the rest of the night, turning away a total of 22 Raiders shots. “Tobe played a great game,” freshman defenseman Chad Morin said. “Without some of those stops, it’s a whole different game.” DEFENSIVE DIFFERENCE After surrendering the early goal, Harvard’s defense regrouped to submit one of its best performances of the season. By limiting Colgate to just five shots...