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...intervention in the war-torn Darfur region. The protesters said they would launch a jihad if Western troops set foot in the country. Australia and Britain have both volunteered troops for a military force to protect civilians in Darfur, where the U.N., U.S. and aid agencies say the Janjaweed militia have killed as many as 50,000 black Sudanese. Khartoum, which denies it is backing the Janjaweed, says the U.N. resolution is "unfair" but it will comply with the demand to disarm the fighters. Moving Again MIDDLE EAST Israel reopened a border crossing between Egypt and Gaza after having stranded...
...bloodshed or the Security Council will consider economic sanctions against Sudan. The draft resolution had demanded automatic sanctions for noncompliance, but that was softened after several Security Council members, including China and Russia, objected. As many as 50,000 people have been killed in fighting and attacks by the militia, known as the Janjaweed, in the Darfur region of western Sudan. More than a million have been forced to flee their homes. The Sudanese, who deny they are backing the militias, say they will do everything they can to comply. "Because should we fail to do so, we know...
Leaning was part of a two-member team affiliated with PHR that canvassed Darfur, Sudan and the border region of Chad, where hundreds of refugees have established makeshift camps. Darfur has been a recently-publicized hotbed of conflict between the Janjaweed militia and non-Arab Darfurians. The government of Sudan is alleged to have conspired with Janjaweed militias to cause the destruction of the black Darfurian population. Both groups are composed almost entirely of Muslims...
...knowledge that Reagan was at the helm of the nation. I don't think we will ever see the likes of him again. He was a man for the ages. Penny Barwick Orange Park, Florida, U.S. Reagan was not a saint. he traded illegal arms to the contra militia in Nicaragua. He increased the gap between rich and poor in the U.S. He supported an immoral, racist regime in South Africa and shamefully allowed tens of thousands of Americans to suffer from aids while his Administration turned its back on the epidemic. That's the Reagan I remember and will...
Reagan was not a saint. He traded illegal arms to the contra militia in Nicaragua. He increased the gap between rich and poor in the U.S. He supported a racist regime in South Africa and shamefully allowed tens of thousands of Americans to suffer from AIDS while his Administration turned its back on the epidemic. That's the Reagan I remember and will tell my children about. BRIAN BLANK Chicago...