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Mia Farrow raises awareness about Sudan

Actress Mia Farrow has become a career celebrity diplomat. She traveled to refugee camps in Sudan more than a dozen times and told VOA in 2007 the situation there was desperate.

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US House Considers Foreign Assistance Bill

The House of Representatives is considering a $34-billion measure for U.S. international assistance programs and other foreign affairs priorities. Known as the foreign operations bill, the measure contains money for a range of global priorities, from AIDS treatment and prevention, and assistance to Darfur to peacekeeping and democracy-building.

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World Food Program Launches Food Aid to Sudanese Refugees

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) today announced the launch of an operation to airlift emergency food supplies to over 2,600 Sudanese refugees who recently crossed into the the Central African Republic (CAR).

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UN rushes aid to Darfur refugees in CAR

The United Nations is rushing aid to refugees pouring into the Central African Republic (CAR) from the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, a spokesperson said today.

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Australian City Rejects Sudanese Refugees

Australia's most-famous musical town, Tamworth, is beset by a dispute over the city council's decision to reject refugees from Sudan. City councilors have voted down a request by the Department of Immigration to resettle five Sudanese families as part of a pilot program, for fear it could lead to racial unrest. The city is already divided over the presence of about 25 Sudanese men resettled there under a separate program.

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