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This scenario, of a grave humanitarian crisis on the scale of an international emergency, can clearly describe what is happening in the Darfur region of Sudan, and it is certainly laudable that a group of Harvard students have recently begun a divestment campaign to pull University funds from investments in that country. But the portrayal above more closely describes the situation in Iraq, where American and Iraqi troops are busy uprooting and destroying entire regions of the country. Unlike the crisis in Sudan, the deaths and destruction in Iraq are the intimate responsibility of the U.S., which means that...
...20th anniversary of the original release of Do They Know It's Christmas?, and Geldof's resurrection of the song - featuring contemporary stars like Robbie Williams and Chris Martin from Coldplay - comes out in Europe this week. Proceeds will again help starving Africans, especially those in Sudan's Darfur region, where fighting between rebels and government-backed militias has left 70,000 dead and more than 2 million homeless in what Washington calls genocide. The new version of the song is mellower than the original, but the lyrics are the same: In Africa this Christmas, "the only water flowing...
...aggressive in the price they are willing to pay," says R.S. Butola, managing director of ONGC Videsh. Beijing has demonstrated that it is willing to face down international pressure to protect its energy interests. Last month the U.N. discussed imposing sanctions on Sudan as punishment for sponsoring genocide in Darfur. China--which has invested a reported $15 billion in Sudan oil projects and imports oil from there--threatened a veto. The Security Council passed a watered-down measure...
...Fledgling Peace SUDAN At a meeting of the U.N. Security Council in Nairobi , the Sudanese government and southern rebels pledged to sign a peace deal by year's end. The Security Council adopted a resolution promising economic aid and demanding an end to the separate conflict in the western Darfur region. Ray of Hope ZAMBIA A study of 540 Zambian children by Britain's Medical Research Council showed that co-trimoxazole, a cheap antibiotic, can reduce by 43% the death rate of children infected with HIV. Split Decision CHILE The predominantly Catholic country's first divorce law came into force...
Although the Darfur Action Group’s focused one-week campaign has ended, the group plans to build off the strength of last night’s event, according to lead organizer Bec Hamilton, a student at the Kennedy School and the Law School...