Nelson Mandela’s band of roving diplomats, world leaders and entrepreneurs take on Darfur

TimesOnline.co.uk brings us this story today and it goes in part like this. ...Militias attacked an African Union base in the town of Haskanita on Saturday killing 10 peacekeepers, the heaviest casualties suffered by the AU mission. Fifty peacekeepers were still missing... Hours later a government Antonov plane resumed bombing, attacking a rebel town in northern Darfur, despite promises of a ceasefire...
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President Bush Delivers Statement On Darfur

President George W. Bush delivers a statement on Darfur Tuesday, May 29, 2007, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. Said the President, “The people of Darfur are crying out for help... I urge the United Nations Security Council, the African Union, and all members of the international community to reject any efforts to obstruct implementation of the agreements that would bring peace to Darfur and Sudan.”
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