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...China's growing clout and visibility has come an increased sense that it should adhere to the highest standards of international conduct. And activists have been able to use the Games as a way of holding China to account. That has been done most obviously in the case of Darfur. Critics say Beijing's support for the government of Sudan--where China is the biggest investor in the growing oil industry as well as its biggest customer, importing about two-thirds of the country's crude production last year--amounts to support for genocide in Darfur. For years, Eric Reeves...
...troubled by the insouciance of the Arab and Muslim world in the face of unjust suffering by people who look like me. A region so publicly committed to its anti-racist religious tradition remains mute over the atrocities of the Arab and Islamic government of Sudan against Africans in Darfur and the south. Osama bin Laden and his cheerleaders treat as insignificant the deaths of hundreds of non-partisan Africans in the bombings of the U.S. embassies at Nairobi and Dar es Salaam...
...Friday evening to a gathering of international diplomats in Vienna that touched on some hot-button issues facing world leaders. Speaking with a slightly hoarse voice, the Pope delivered something of a wake-up call to Europeans who "need to make their political importance felt" in troubled regions like Darfur and the Middle East, and in the fight against poverty. "Europe has a unique responsibility in the world," Benedict said. "First of all, it must not give up on itself. The continent which, demographically is rapidly aging, must not become old in spirit ... [and] will grow more sure of itself...
...think many Americans know about Burma. Darfur they know, because the press has covered it. But most Americans don't know about Aung San Suu Kyi. But that's the point of talking about it, to let people talk about it. The Burmese I've met, they want our affection. They want to know that we know what's happening there. Anytime an American speaks out, they hear about it. It's important for other countries to join in on that. That's why I'm so happy about Gordon Brown...
Sources: Reuters (2); Save Darfur; BBC; Reuters; Times of London; China Daily...