Word: darfur
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Listen to photographer Kadir van Lohuizen chronicle the time he spent in the killing fields of Darfur...
...cast a critical but hopeful eye at the peacekeeping organization during a panel discussion titled “Peacekeeping: Can the U.N. Meet the Challenge?” last night at the Institute of Politics. Michael R. Gaouette ’90, a team leader for the U.N. in Darfur; David J. Harland, a member of the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations; and Susana Malcorra, an under-secretary-general in field support, focused on the difficulties the U.N. faces when it tries to preserve order after peace settlements are reached. “Peackeeping uncovers some of the most important...
...brass will still be far more reluctant to use them. So will the public, which wants out of Iraq and isn't that gung ho about an indefinite stay in Afghanistan either. As a result, America's ability to threaten new military action--against Iran, for instance, or in Darfur--has dramatically declined. Our hard power isn't what it used to be--and won't be again anytime soon...
...Obama's plan is to recruit hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people over the coming Martin Luther King Day weekend to do volunteer work in their communities - anything from senior-center visits to mural paintings to attendance at a vigil protesting China's role in the Darfur genocide. Groups as diverse as the National Center for Transgender Equality and James Dobson's Focus on the Family are taking part, with 8,500 events nationwide listed on the site as of Wednesday. "It's an effort to emphasize the fact that people have to take responsibility for their...
...spent the better part of last month moving between her Senate offices, the presidential transition building on 6th Street and the State Department. In the cramming sessions at State, she was briefed by officials on U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy around the world, from Gaza to Moscow, and from Darfur to Beijing - which served the dual purpose of preparing her for the job and the hearings...