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...completely unable to enforce the no-fly zone mandated by UN Resolution 1591, even as the Sudanese Air Force carpet bombs villages suspected of housing rebels. The UN is capable of assuming this role. It has already spearheaded large humanitarian relief efforts in nearby Sierra Leone and the Congo, showing that it can coordinate such operations. That was, after all, why the Security Council called for 23,000 peacekeepers to be sent to Darfur. The situation in Sudan demands action. Its government has consistently refused to rein in the Janjaweed militias it supports, while its insistence on centralization prevents...
...made from scratch by HUDS no longer have trans fats after the company switched from partially hydrogenated oil in 2003. Dining hall margarine, peanut butter, muffins, cookies, and even chicken fingers and french fries all no longer contain trans fats. Of the desserts, only German chocolate brownies, Oreo cake, congo bars, and chocolate truffle do not qualify...
...duration, but certainly not in nature,” Omara-Otunni said. “Why do we hear so much about some conflicts, like, Darfur, and nothing about others?” Omara-Otunni questioned. “4 million people have died in the war in the Congo, but no one has raised a finger about it.” Omara-Otunni contended that the international community’s silence condones abuse by the Ugandan government. “Our ignorance serves the interests of some people in power, people that may benefit from the thousands...
...such paranoia. Dr. Jafari says that genetic analysis shows that the strain of polio from Uttar Pradesh, in the past couple of years, has left India, and spread to at least three African countries that had made great strides against polio - Angola, Namibia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This year, he says, the Uttar Pradesh strain of the polio virus has leapt out of India and reinfected two polio-free neighboring countries: Bangladesh and Nepal. "This shows that the continuation of polio in one country is a threat to all the world," he says...
...European leaders argue that Wolfowitz's decision didn't take into account the circumstances that some countries faced - Congo, for instance, is recovering from a civil war. The Europeans are also critical of the Bank's recent move to measure the quality of governance in countries. European Union development boss Louis Michel told the Development Committee that such a qualitative ranking of countries had limited use. Development needs "dialogue and positive incentives rather than sanctions and conditionality," Michel told the Committee. "Governance can not be limited to fight against corruption. It would be inefficient, superficial and non-sustainable...