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Sudan's Interlocking Crises (VIDEO)

John Norris | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Aljazeera English, Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan, Barack Obama, Mahmood-Mamdani, Genocide, World News
John Norris

Days after the release of the Obama administration's new Sudan policy, I appeared on Aljazeera with Tahir el-Faky of the Darfuri rebel group Justice and Equality Movement and Mahmood Mamdani.

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Top Obama Advisors to Hold Pivotal Sudan Meeting Tomorrow

John Norris | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Human Rights, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Africa, Genocide, US Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Omar Al-Bashir, J. Scott Gration, International Criminal Court, Sudan Special Envoy, World News
John Norris

The discussion tomorrow will center on the balance of carrots and sticks that the administration will use to press for change in Sudan and how to deal with an independent southern Sudan.

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Honey for Sudan's President?

John Norris | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, World, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Genocide, J. Scott Gration Special Envoy, US Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, World News
John Norris

'You catch more bears with honey.' As others have noted, that is a perfectly pleasant world view in the abstract, but let's not forget that we are talking about a government headed by an indicted war criminal.

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Obama Administration Forms Sudan Policy: 'Not Ruling Out' Meeting with Alleged War Criminal Omar Al-Bashir

Zeeshan Aleem | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al Bashir, Omar Al-Bashir, Major General J. Scott Gration, President Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, General J. Scott Gration, Scott Gration, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, Advocacy, World News
Zeeshan Aleem

Scott Gration, President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan, spoke with calm optimism Friday about the role of the United States in the fate of the largest state in Africa.

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Sudan Not A State Sponsor Of Terrorism: Obama Sudan Envoy

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Darfur, Darfur Sudan, Darfur Genocide, J. Scott Gration Special Envoy, J. Scott Gration, Special Envoy J. Scott Gration, Sudan Sanctions, Obama Sudan, Barack Obama, Omar Al-Bashir, Omar Al Bashir, Bashir Arrest Warrant, World News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan said Thursday that there is no evidence to back up the U.S. designation of Sudan as...

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In Search of Peace

Jerry Fowler | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Omar Al Bashir, Save Darfur Coalition, Obama Darfur, Sudan, J. Scott Gration Special Envoy, African Union, World News
Jerry Fowler

This week begins a crucial chapter in furthering a necessary response to the genocide in Darfur.

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Top 10 Worst World Leaders (Slideshow, Poll)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Slidepoll, Omar Al-Bashir, Hugo Chavez, Muammar Al-Qaddafi, Silvio Berlusconi, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Kim Jong Il, Robert Mugabe, Isayas Afewerki, Advocacy, Ten Worst World Leaders Slideshow, Site:www.huffingtonpost.com 2009 Top Worst World Leader, Top Ten Worest World Leders, World's Worst Leaders Dictators, 2009 Top Worst World Lead, Leaders of the World, 10 Worst Leaders, Worst Leaders, Top Leaders, Top 10 Polls, Top Leaders of the World Photos, 10 Bad Leaders, Top 10 Worst World Leaders, World Leaders, World Leader, Top 10 Worst Leaders, Worst Leader, Huffington Post Worst Leaders, World Leaders List, Worst World Leaders, Leaders of the World List, Top Leaders in the World, World Worst Leaders, Bad World Leaders, World News

The world is full of bad leaders, from dictators to gaffe-prone buffoons, but some are surely worse than others. Below is a selection of 10 leaders w...

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Sudan To Obama: Darfur Is Not 'Genocide'

AP | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Omar Al-Bashir, Omar Al Bashir, Bashir, Bashir Arrest Warrant, Darfur, Darfur Sudan, Darfur Genocide, Crisis in Darfur, Obama Darfur, Sudan Genocide, World News

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan's government has criticized President Barack Obama for calling the conflict in Darfur a "genocide." Obama made the comm...

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Uganda: Bashir Will Be Arrested If He Comes Here

AP | GODFREY OLUKYA | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Uganda, Darfur Sudan, Sudan Genocide, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, Genocide in Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir, Omar Al Bashir, Bashir Arrest Warrant, Al Bashir Arrest Warrant, Icc, International Criminal Court, Uganda Bashir, World News

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda said Monday it would arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he enters the country, an unusual stance after a summi...

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Darfur Genocide: ICC Prosecutors Appeal Dismissal Of Al-Bashir Genocide Charges

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Omar Al-Bashir, Omar Al Bashir, Bashir, Bashir Arrest Warrant, Icc, International Criminal Court, Darfur, Darfur Sudan, Darfur Genocide, Crisis in Darfur, Al-Bashir War Crimes, Bashir War Crimes, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have appealed the tribunal's decision not to indict Sudan's president o...

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Sudan War Crimes: ICC, Moreno-Ocampo Under Increased Fire From African Leaders

Washington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Omar Al-Bashir, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Bashir Arrest Warrant, Sudan Genocide, Omar Al Bashir, Muammar Gaddafi, Sudan, Bashir, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Icc, Jean Ping, Gabon, Advocacy, International Criminal Court, World News

When Luis Moreno-Ocampo charged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with war crimes last year, the International Criminal Court prosecutor was ha...

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"Starving" for Darfur

Maria Bello | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Fast for Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, Mia Farrow, Blake Mycoskie, Maria Bellow, World News
Maria Bello

Hundreds of people have joined Mia Farrow in the fast to stand in solidarity with the people of Darfur. My friend passed the baton to me, so here I am. Fasting.

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Darfur Makes Omar al-Bashir Obama's Most Dangerous African Foe

US News and World Report | William J. Dobson | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, Bashir, Africa, Obama Darfur, Obama Africa, Obama Bashir, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Obama Sudan, Al-Bashir, Somalia, Mogadishu-Somalia, World News

Presidents don't get to choose their first foreign policy crisis. It usually chooses them. For President Clinton, it was the killing of 18 U.S. soldie...

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Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir Denies Darfur Crimes

Huffington Post | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Omar Al-Bashir, Darfur Genocide, Omar Al-Bashir Interview, Foreign Affairs, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, Al-Bashir War Crimes, Al-Bashir, Darfur, Al Bashir Arrest Warrant, Omar Al Bashir, Human Rights, President Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan, Genocide, Darfur Sudan, Advocacy, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, World News

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has given an exclusive BBC interview that marks his first international television appearance since the ICC indicted...

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In a Week of Genocide Remembrances, Right Wing Leaders Play Up Rhetoric

Pia Sawhney | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Anti-Semitism, Mia Farrow Darfur, Gaza, Gaza War, United Nations, War in Darfur, World News, Omar Al-Bashir, Arab League, Sudan, Qatar, Mia Farrow, World News
Pia Sawhney

The radicalization of the Jewish/Muslim divide has, in part at least, contributed in stealing attention away from the genocide today that endures.

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Simply Appalling

John Norris | Posted 05.19.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan, World News
John Norris

As if we needed any further proof of the predatory approach of the Sudanese Government to both its own people and the humanitarian relief community. A...

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Bashir: Darfur War Criminals Will Be Targeted

Reuters | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al Bashir, Omar Al-Bashir, Bashir War Crimes, Darfur Genocide, Albashir War Crimes, Bashir, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Icc, Bashir Arrest Warrant, Darfur Sudan, Al-Bashir War Crimes, Advocacy, World News

Sudan's embattled president told a rally Tuesday that his own officials would track down war criminals in Darfur, dismissing Western attempts to bring...

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