Doctors group: Rape is common against Darfur women

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Video: "Hundreds of thousands have lost their lives and 2.5 million people have been displaced from their homes in Darfur. Here is the story of 2 refugees, survivors of the Genocide in Darfur, which found a safe haven in Israel."

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Many were kidnapped as mounted gunmen from the feared Janjaweed militia swept through their villages and were then marched to military camps where they were repeatedly raped, forced to prepare food, clean fighters' homes or work in their fields.

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The Sudanese government has arrested one of the most wanted men in the country, a notorious janjaweed militia leader charged by an international court with orchestrating mass murder in Darfur, Sudanese officials disclosed on Monday. Skip to next paragraph Related Times Topics: …

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The situation in Darfur remains dire.

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"This incredible video shows former Sudanese Commander Arbab Idries admitting to arming and leading Janjaweed milita attacks on civilans in Darfur in order to "rid the land of blacks." The former commander says he believes he committed war crimes in Darfur.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's request for an arrest warrant against Sudan's president is a significant step towards ending impunity for the horrific crimes in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today.

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"In the year of my birth, 1979, my father named me Halima, after the medicine woman of our village. It was a prophetic naming. My father was a rich man and determined that I be educated.

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Shane Smith @ Vice doing some more 3rd world field research. He learns the conflict in Sudan is more complicated than you think. Or less complicated - a familiar natural resource that starts with an OI! and ends with an L . (ummm, that's OIL).

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[A conversation with Mia Farrow and Bernard-Henri Lévy, moderated by Dinaw Mengestu]. Part I- French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy on how 3 great ideas of the political left have backfired on the people of Darfur:

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"In a report delivered Tuesday to the UN Security Council, the ICC has expanded its list of suspects charged with crimes against humanity for the atrocities in Darfur.

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"Description: DARFUR NOW is a story of hope in the midst of one of humanity's darkest hours – a call to action for people everywhere to end the catastrophe unfolding in Darfur, Sudan.

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Ever since Darfur hit the media radar in early 2004, Khartoum has been accused of backing Janjaweed militia in raping, looting, torching and mass-murdering in western Sudan.

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Abu Surouj, Sudan, after government forces and allied militias burned the town last month. Such attacks in Sudan are a return to the tactics that terrorized Darfur in the early, bloodiest stages of the conflict.

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''The news that Steven Spielberg has resigned as artistic adviser to the Olympic Games in Beijing, following pressure from celebrity campaigners such as Mia Farrow, has thrown a spotlight on China's relations with Sudan.

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''Critics say that because it buys Sudan's oil and sells it weapons, China must share responsibility for the war in Darfur and its atrocities. In particular they point to Beijing's decision to block tougher action by the UN security council.

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The Sudanese authorities have given a senior government position to a man accused of co-ordinating the Janjaweed Arab militia in Darfur. The minister of federal affairs, Abdel Basit Sabderat, said clan leader Musa Hilal had been named as his adviser.

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum�s Committee on Conscience asked students to submit published op-eds explaining what more students can do to the stop genocide in Darfur.

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Former President Jimmy Carter spoke at American University on Wednesday. His remarks are worth some analysis.

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When Adam arrived at Yemin Orde Youth Village as a frightened and bewildered 17-year-old, in June 2006, it was the end of one long journey and the start of another.

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Last week, Jimmy Carter toured Sudan as part of a group of international celebrities who are calling themselves "the Elders." Founded by Nelson Mandela, the Elders aim--in the modest words of one member, British billionaire Richard Branson--to address "problems in the world that  …

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The only Darfur rebel faction to sign a May 2006 peace deal with Khartoum says it is under attack from government forces and allied Janjaweed militia.

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If you don't have the patience to read about it at length this is the page for you. Darfur's genocide explained in 9 comic panels. Take a few minutes to brush up on the worst on-going genocide in the world today.

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Bleached by the sun and encrusted in sand, Kirinding camp, just outside El Geneina, is a bleak place, with straw fashioned into huts to offer shelter for the people here. It is home to some 30,000 people who have fled their homes in west Darfur.

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The European Union is preparing to launch a peacekeeping mission in eastern Chad as a response to attacks on civilians from militia crossing the country's border with Sudan.

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