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Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser

Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser

05.02.08 posted by pondy 1358 views 1 comment
Louis Vuitton has filed charges against a 26 year old student artist for selling posters and t-shirts of a Darfur victim, holding a designer bag inspired by a Louis Vuitton design. All of the profits had been going to charity but Louis Vuitton is still demanding massive damages. The artist, Nadia Plesner, started a campaign to raise awareness of genocide in Darfur.
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Sudan Posts $246M Bounty for Darfur Rebel

Sudan Posts $246M Bounty for Darfur Rebel

05.14.08 posted by pondy 373 views 1 comment
The Sudanese government has doubled its bounty for the country's most wanted Darfur rebel leader whose troops staged a daring raid on the outskirts of the capital. The new reward of up to $246 million, for Khalil Ibrahim, who heads Darfur's powerful Justice and Equality Movement, about ten times the amount the U.S. has offered for its most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
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UN Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Raping, Abusing Children

UN Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Raping, Abusing Children

05.27.08 posted by pondy 318 views 1 comment
Save the Children UK, issued a report today describing a litany of sexual crimes, including rape and child pornography committed by UN peacekeepers and aid workers against children as young as 6. It said some children were denied food aid unless they granted sexual favors.
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Google Earth Maps Refugee Crises

Google Earth Maps Refugee Crises

04.08.08 posted by pondy 265 views no comments
Google is finding another way to make a difference. On Tuesday they unveiled a new feature for its mapping programs that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the world. Google is teaming up with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to track and update refugee hot spots.
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Suvivors Recall Terror as Sudan Plane Burst into Flames

Suvivors Recall Terror as Sudan Plane Burst into Flames

06.11.08 posted by pondy 84 views no comments
Many of the survivors of yesterday's plane crash in the Sudan are telling stories of terrified passengers struggling to escape the plane moments after it landed and burst into flames. While no cause has yet to be determined, their first hand accounts should help authorities determine what went wrong moments after the plane touched down on the runway.
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ICC Prosecutor to Charge Sudanese Officials with War Crimes

ICC Prosecutor to Charge Sudanese Officials with War Crimes

06.03.08 posted by jason 72 views no comments
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court charges that "the whole state apparatus" of Sudan is implicated in crimes against humanity in the Darfur region, linking the government directly with the feared janjaweed militia, for the first time. A spokeswoman said the prosecutor would name names and present evidence next month at a pre-trial hearing.
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World response to Darfur is "anemic": U.S. envoy

World response to Darfur is "anemic": U.S. envoy

04.03.08 posted by chab13 122 views no comments
The U.S. envoy for Darfur increased the pressure on the United Nations and U.N. member countries on Thursday, saying the world's response to the crisis in western Sudan had been "anemic."
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U.N. to Pursue Sudan Officials as Darfur 'War Criminals'

U.N. to Pursue Sudan Officials as Darfur 'War Criminals'

06.05.08 posted by jason 64 views no comments
A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court plans to brief the U.N. Security Council Thursday on efforts to try two men for war crimes committed in the Darfur region of Sudan. One of the men, in fact, is now in charge of humanitarian affairs for the Sudanese government. Both face charges accusing them of murder, rape, forced displacement and other offenses.
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Darfur is in worse shape than four years ago, Ban says

Darfur is in worse shape than four years ago, Ban says

04.05.08 posted by chab13 105 views no comments
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that the conditions in Sudan's war-torn western region of Darfur have worsened, four years after the UN Security Council first turned its attention on the ethnic conflict there.
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U.N. report: Darfur attacks broke human rights law

U.N. report: Darfur attacks broke human rights law

03.20.08 posted by jason 99 views no comments
Attacks in January and February by Sudanese forces on Darfur villagers are described in a U.N. report as "violations of international humanitarian and human rights law." Between January and February, Sudanese forces killed 115 people -- including women, children and elderly -- in air and ground attacks on four Darfur villages.
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