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George Clooney Arrested
Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the SudaneseEmbassy in Washington. The protesters accuse Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba...
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Fighting in Sudan's Darfur region displaces 300,000: U.N. aid chief
ReutersOUTSIDE EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan's Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food, the United Nations aid chief said on Wednesday. The...Tags: International Law, International Court or Tribunal, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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FEATURE-Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
Reuters* Sudan hopes to offset loss of oil to South Sudan * Sugar firm Kenana plans expansion, double output by 2015 * Analysts sceptical about production expansion plans By Ulf Laessing NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan, May 22 (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory...Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, International Monetary Fund
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Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
ReutersNEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside. Next year, the management at Kenana...Tags: Environmental Issues, European Union, Plant Openings, Africa, Petroleum Industry
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South Sudan cuts oil output citing problem with exports to Sudan
ReutersJUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan has almost halved its oil production due to a problem with oil exports to Sudan, it said on Tuesday, adding it suspected its rival had closed the cross-border pipeline in a possible sign of new friction between the...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Petroleum Industry
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South Sudan army says retakes town from rebels in east
Reuters* South Sudan army says has recaptured town, rebels deny * Embassies say aid groups in east have been looted By Hereward Holland JUBA, May 20 (Reuters) - South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military...Tags: France, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Government, Politics
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LETTER: Ambassador Put Himself In Danger
With the insistent interrogation blaming the Obama administration over the Bengazi tragedy, we are forgetting an important point in the responsibility of the death of the ambassador and his three protectors [May 16, Page 1, "Benghazi Emails Point To CIA...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency
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Sudans defuse row over rebel support, promise more talks
ReutersBy Hereward Holland JUBA, May 17 (Reuters) - Sudan's foreign minister said on Friday neighbour South Sudan had promised him it would not let rebels operate across their shared border, defusing a row that had threatened a key oil deal. The countries,...Tags: Netherlands, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Rebellions
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In South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders hospital destroyed; 100k people without medical care
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed. The group said Friday the attack leaves 100,000 people...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Sudanese foreign minister to visit Juba on Friday
ReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti will visit South Sudan on Friday, state media said, the first high-level meeting between the neighbors since Khartoum accused Juba of supporting rebels who launched a major attack three weeks...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Africa, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Petroleum Industry
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Nappier Joins Investor Pressure On Caterpillar Over Sudan Ties
State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier is ramping up her shareholder activism, joining critics of Caterpillar Inc. who are pushing the mining and construction equipment giant to exit Sudan. Using the power of the state's $26 billion retirement fund, Nappier...Tags: Genocide, Caterpillar Inc., Massacres, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Former Dutch minister Koenders to be named UN Mali envoy-diplomats
ReutersBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - Former Dutch development minister Gerard Koenders will be named U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country, where Islamist militants hijacked...Tags: United Nations, Politics, Côte d'Ivoire, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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