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Sudan delays vote in South Kordofan

The Sunday Independent, 14 minutes ago / Sudan's electoral commission said on Monday it was postponing local elections by two months in South Kordofan state, which straddles the troubled Darfur region.

Sarkozy welcomes release of two French hostages in Darfur

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), 1 hour 25 minutes ago / French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed Monday the release of two French humanitarian workers in Darfur, western Sudan.

Sudanese gov''t to sign framework deal with Darfur movements in Doha

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), 1 hour 55 minutes ago / The Sudanese government and the rebel groups in Darfur, known as the Liberation for Justice Movement, would sign a framework agreement in the Qatari capital, Doha, at the end of this week, a government negotiator said Monday.

Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan: Malicious Rumors of LRA in Darfur Undermine Peace in Sudan

PR Newswire, 2 hours ago / WASHINGTON , March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Outrageous rumors about Uganda 's "Lords Resistance Army" (LRA) apparently relocating to South Darfur to establish a safe haven in the region have suddenly cropped up.

Sudan summons two papers for insulting Bashir

Arab News, 2 hours 15 minutes ago / Editors from the opposition Ajras Al-Huriya and Al-Rai al-Shaab newspapers were both questioned by the National Press Council, which accused them of breaking the law and insulting the president, which could carry a penalty of a temporary closure - financially crippling for papers heavily dependent on corporate advertising for revenue.

A Play About Darfur

On the Ground - The New York Times, 2 hours 19 minutes ago / My previous research assistant, Winter Miller, is and was a playwright.

Mbeki's rising star will take time to cool off

Madagascar News, 2 hours 25 minutes ago / 21 December 2009 - UNTV - United Nations: Former South African president and chairman of the African Union (AU) panel on Darfur Thabo Mbeki tells the Security Council that a positive outcome for Darfur will have to include, "the necessary balance among the various objectives of peace, justice and reconciliation."

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God`s Politics, 2 hours 26 minutes ago / Israel-US ties at 'historic low' "Israel's ambassador to the US has said that relations between the two countries are at their lowest point for 35 years, Israeli media have reported."

Back to bloody square-one in Darfur

The Daily Star - Lebanon, 2 hours 30 minutes ago / In 2002, when Darfur was as familiar to most people as Outer Mongolia, Sudanese regular forces and aircraft as well as pro-government militias attacked Jebel Marra, the mountainous center of Darfur where rebels were organizing an insurgency.

Policewomen Sent to Darfur

AllAfrica.com, 2 hours 40 minutes ago / THE first contingent of female Namibian Police officers is being deployed to the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan.

Sudan to continue peace talks with Darfur rebels, ML

The Garden Island - Lihu'e HI, 2 hours 46 minutes ago / Sudan will continue peace talks with the most powerful Darfur rebel group beyond Monday's deadline for an agreement.

Uganda rebel chief 'not in Darfur'

News24 - South Africa, 5 hours 17 minutes ago / The Sudanese army on Monday denied reports that the feared leader of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebel group has found refuge in the western region of Darfur.

Policewomen sent to Darfur

Namibian, 16 hours 1 minute ago / THE first contingent of female Namibian Police officers is being deployed to the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan.

Arman vows to end war in Darfur

Sudan Tribune, 17 hours 27 minutes ago / Yasir Arman, SPLM candidate for Sudan president, vowed today to stop the war in western Sudan and to respond positively to the demands of Darfurians.

Michael Walzer responds

normblog, Mar 12, 2010 / Probably our disagreement is mostly terminological, but perhaps not entirely.

Student concerned about Darfur

Beach Bulletin - Fort Myers FL, Mar 10, 2010 / On Sept. 25, 2009, I attended a presentation by the Amnesty International student group at my high school to learn that the crisis in Darfur, Sudan has been devastating.

Darfur tragedy told in movie

Akron Beacon Journal - Akron OH, Mar 06, 2010 / David Manyuon, left, Akol Madut and Koc Koc, survivors of the Sudan genocide, take questions after the United States premier screening of Darfur at the Akron-Summit Library on Saturday, March 6, 2010 in Akron, Ohio. The men were part of the "Lost Boys" who walked from Sudan to Ethiopia at the start of the war in the 1980;s.

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Sudan to continue peace talks with Darfur rebels

AP  posted:  Monday 03/15/10 06:40 PM EDT
CAIRO -Sudan will continue peace talks with the most powerful Darfur rebel group beyond Monday's deadline for an agreement. Sudanese presidential adviser Mustafa Osman

Central African Republic official warns of coup

AP  posted:  Sunday 03/14/10 10:20 AM EDT
by spillover of the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region.

US official: Sudan's elections to be crucial test

AP  posted:  Wednesday 03/10/10 04:30 PM EST
remain, including continued conflict in Darfur, a U.S. official said Wednesday. Scott Gration, the U.S. envoy to Sudan said that April's presidential and parliamentary polls

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