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Karadzic Told Us What He Planned; We Just Watched

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Associated Press, Bosnia, Balkans, Foreign Affairs, Press, Justice, Radovan Karadzic, Genocide, Politics News

Stepping back, we might take stock of where we are as a civilized world 16 years after Radovan Karadzic was allowed to exterminate people he found inconvenient.

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Genocide Charges Filed Against Sudan's President

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir, Sudanese President, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, Genocide, Genocide Charges Omar Al-Bashir, Genocide Charges Sudanese President, Politics News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court sought an arrest warrant Monday for Sudan's president on charges of...

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Darfur: Searching for a Peace Process

John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Mediation, Darfur Sudan, Sudan, Africa, United Nations, Genocide, Home News

To anyone tracking the international community's muddled efforts to broker peace in Darfur, last week's decision to appoint a new mediator, Burkina Fa...

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More Tragic Failures in Darfur

Mia Farrow | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Mia Farrow, Genocide, Politics News

The UN itself has expressed the fear that in its present form the peacekeeping operation will scarcely be able to protect itself, much less the people of Darfur.

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A Triangle of Human Suffering

Mia Farrow | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, Car Genocide, Darfur Genocide, Chad, United Nations, Central African Republic, Darfur, Third World Countries, Lord's Resistance Army, Car, Genocide, Africa, Lra, China, Politics News

As long as we are more concerned about protecting the interests of governments and businesses than protecting people from needless suffering and death, tragedies like those in Darfur and Chad will continue.

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No Armed Interventions in Zimbabwe

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Security First, Zimbabwe, United Nations, 2008 Presidential Race, Global Triage, Peacekeeping, Morality and Foreign Policy, Darfur, Sudan, Humanitarian Intervention, Genocide, Mugabe, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Politics News

The opposition to the government of Mugabe just called for the African nations to send peacekeepers to Zimbabwe. Given that there is no peace there, the troops are in effect called to impose one.

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My Address to the United Nations Security Council

Mia Farrow | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Mia Farrow, Darfur Genocide, Sudan, Genocide, UN Security Council, Darfur Sudan, Politics News

History will long remember that the UN Security Council has, for five years, failed in the task you have been charged with -- protecting a defenseless population.

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Sudan and the Security Council: Accountability or Appeasement?

John Prendergast | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, UN Security Council, Sudan, United Nations, Genocide, Politics News

Today I briefed the Security Council alongside a growing constituency of human rights activists who spoke truth to power: in Sudan, the credibility of the Security Council is on the line.

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Which Member of the Security Council Will Lead the Way?

Mia Farrow | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, Darfur, Darfur Genocide, George W. Bush, Costa Rica, Genocide, United Nations, International Relations, Un, Costa Rica Darfur, Foreign Policy, Cowardice, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics News

Who threw their full support to the International Criminal Court in its attempts to finally bring a measure of justice to Darfur's people? The United States? France? England? Nope.

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The Candidates Agreed To Agree On Darfur

Gloria White-Hammond | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

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Yesterday, for once, our candidates agreed: genocide in Darfur must end. And the constituency of conscience concerned about Darfur will hold them to their word.

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Message to Graduates: "Be a Good Ancestor"

Samantha Power | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: College Students, Darfur, Graduation, Samantha Power, College, Graduation Speeches, Genocide, Career Advice, Pitzer College, Samantha Power Monster, Living News

My generation and our predecessors haven't been responsible caretakers. But you can be. Be resilient. Find friends who have your back. And above all, be a good ancestor. You can. And you must.

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That vs. Who: The Politics of Linguistics

Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexism, Psychology, News, War, Bias, Extremism, Media, Technology, Nationalism, Cognitive Science, Law, Journalists, Computers, Philosophy, Politicians, Genocide, Human Rights, Germany, Linguistics, Politics, Gender, United States, God, Globalization, Journalism, Internet, George Bush, Destruction, Catastrophe, Subjectivity, Generalizations, Objectivity, Republicanism, Osama Bin Laden, Nazism, Grammar, Words, Newspapers, Stress, World Politics, Physics, Science, Information, Workplace, Freedom, Autonomy, Health, C.I.A., Independence, Presidents, Religion, Corruption, 911, 9/11, Terrorism, World Trade Center, Gulf War, Oil, Critical Theory, Saddam Hussein, Essay, Politics News

I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.

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Clinton's "Obliteration" Remark is Genocidal, Requires Apology

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue With Iran, Human Rights, Genocide, Jews in Iran, The Middle East, 9/11 Tragedy, Foriegn Policy, Nuclear Attack, Palestine, Iraq, The White House, Senator Hil;ary Clinton, Iran, Neoconservatives, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World War Three, 3 a.m. Ad, Bush Administration, Israel, Rev. Wright, The NIE, Oblitration, Warmongers, Hawkish, War With Iran, Clinton Would Obliterate Iran, 3am Ad, Hillary Clinton Iran, Obliterate Iran, Clinton 3AM, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

If the media were not distracted by Rev. Wright's controversial remarks, this comment would cause a huge backlash against Clinton.

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The Darfur War Crimes Test

Mia Farrow | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Genocide, Sudan, UN Securtiy Council, Refugees, Icc, Darfur, Mia Farrow Darfur, Mia Farrow, Hague, Politics News

This week marks a grim and largely unnoticed anniversary. In April 2007, The ICC issued arrest warrants for two men involved in the massive, ongoing atrocities in Darfur, who have yet to be prosecuted.

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Olympic Sponsor Report Card: Most Flunk

Mia Farrow | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Genocide, Olypics 2008, Olympic Sponsors, China, Beijing Olympics, Dardur, Politics News

Many companies -- Coke, General Electric, Panasonic -- have simply remained silent. History will note that 16 Olympic sponsors are silently complicit in the Darfur genocide.

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Olympics Brass Ignore China's Role in Ongoing Darfur Genocide

Mia Farrow | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Genocide, International Olympic Committee, China, Olympic Games, Darfur, Beijing, Olympics, 2008 Olympics, Politics News

There is a direct connection between this year's Olympic host, China, and the humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur that has been called the first genocide of the 21st century.

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They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Liberal Interventionists?

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Genocide, Al Gore, Samantha Power, Jacob Heilbrunn, James Fallows, Hillary Clinton, Neocons, Atlantic Monthly, Barack Obama, Politics News

I may be giving Power too easy a time here -- but while I agree she is representative of a new breed of crusader. She is also much more than that.

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The Quest for Change

Bruce Fein | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Armenian Genocide Bill, Turkey, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, 2008 Election, Genocide, Politics News

The Obama-Clinton pandering to the Armenian lobby betrays the signature Washington habit of making promises now and thinking about them later.

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Clinton, Genocide and a Campaign Gaffe

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.07.2008 | Home

Samantha Power won the Pulitzer for exposing the Clinton administration's monstrous indifference to genocide. For restating it impolitely on the campaign trail, she gets the boot.

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Liveblogging the Movies: Step Up 2 John Rambo

Ricky Camilleri and Alex Leo | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dancing, Rambo, Liveblogging, Step Up 2 the Streets, 236.Com, Genocide, Entertainment News

What we learned form the movies: The biggest problem in Baltimore is dancing; the biggest problem in Burma is genocide.

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Next Steps for Stopping Genocide

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Darfur Now, Peacekeeping, Darfur Sudan, Sand and Sorrow, Genocide, Politics News

Americans who work on issues like Darfur and genocide prevention have a double opportunity to present their issue campaigns within a larger security strategy that changes our direction in the world.

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A Signature Away From Action for Darfur

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Barbara Lee, Genocide, Divestment, Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, Sudan Divestment, Darfur Sudan, Sudan Genocide, Politics News

Divestment would involve organizations withdrawing their assets from the country, which would cripple the Sudanese government's ability to financially sustain the genocide.

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Violence Against Women in the D.R. Congo: The Most Horrible Thing You Will Read Today -- And, Unfortunately, Perhaps The Last You'll Hear Of It For Weeks

Bob Harris | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Violence Against Women, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Genocide, Femicide, Violence, Media, Media Bias, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo Media Coverage, Politics News

Many Westerners have heard next to nothing about the violence in the D. R. Congo, despite the fact that its aftermath is still deadlier on a daily basis than all other current wars on earth combined.

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Secretaries Albright and Cohen Should be Removed from Genocide Task Force

Harut Sassounian | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Armenian Genocide Bill, William Cohen, The Cohen Group, Darfur Genocide, Armenian Genocide, Genocide Task Force, Genocide, Madeleine Albright, Politics News

In their repeated attempts to block the reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide resolution, they have undermined their own credibility and lost the moral standing.

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Turkey's Top General: Military Ties Will Be "Irreversably Damaged" If Genocide Resolution Passes

AP | C. ONUR ANT | Posted 10.14.2007 | Home

Read More: Genocide, Congressionaly Resolution on Armenia, Turkey, Armenia, Home News

Turkey's top general warned that ties with the U.S., already strained by attacks from rebels hiding in Iraq, will be irreversibly damaged if Congress ...

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