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April 2 , 2008

S.F. wrangles over Olympic torch appearance 02/04-2008 03:07 (Los Angeles Times)

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Olympic torch relay for the Beijing 2008 Games is set to make its only North American appearance here next week, but this politically charged city is still squabbling over whether to roll out or roll up the red carpet.

Darfur peace talks in 'serious trouble' 01/04-2008 22:27 (LA Times)

U.N.-African Union mediation effort in Sudan reports little progress, raising questions about a new peacekeeping force and an international aid campaign.

US Wants 3,600 New Troops in Darfur Soon 01/04-2008 18:48 (Los Angeles Times)

UNITED NATIONS The United States is urging the United Nations to get 3,600 new troops on the ground in Darfur by June. Ambassador Richard Williamson, the U.

South Africa to boost peacekeeping force in Darfur 01/04-2008 18:05 (Yahoo! Canada)

New ambassador to Khartoum Manelisi Genge said South Africa intends to deploy in the range of 600 to 800 personnel to the region gripped by civil conflict since 2003, boosting its current contingent of more than 500.

Sudan president invited to UN council summit 01/04-2008 17:08 (Reuters)

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has received an invitation to attend a summit meeting of the U.N. Security Council in New York later this month, Sudan's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.

Chad Army Repulses Rebel Attack on Town 01/04-2008 15:21 (The New York Times)

Filed at 2:48 p.m. ET N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Rebels attacked a town in eastern Chad on Tuesday but the army repulsed them after a four-hour battle, the prime minister said.

Darfur rebels say Khartoum bombs their areas 01/04-2008 14:52 (Reuters)

Sudanese planes have bombed five areas in the war-torn Darfur region, killing a child and injuring another, Darfur rebels said on Tuesday, although the army denied any involvement.

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Action Professionals Association for the People

Aegis Trust Rwanda

African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies

African Center for Development

African Center for Justice and Peace Studies

Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)

African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR)

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)

The Ahueni Foundation

Alliances for Africa

Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Andalus Institute for Tolerance

Anti-Slavery International

Arab Coalition for Darfur

Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Association Africaine de Defense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE)

Centre for Research Education and Development of Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights (CREDO)

Citizens for Global Solutions

Conscience International

Conseil National Pour les Libertés en Tunisie

Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC)

Darfur Centre for Human Rights and Development

Darfur Leaders Network (DLN)

Darfur Reconciliation and Development Organization (DRDO)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre

East Africa Law Society

Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Femmes Africa Solidarité

La Fédération Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Forum of African Affairs (FOAA)

Human Rights First

Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA)

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Institute for Security Studies

Inter-African Union for Human Rights (UIDH)

Interights

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya)

International Refugee Rights Initiative

Justice Africa

Justice and Peace Commission

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Legal Resources Consortium-Nigeria

Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme

Makumira University College, Tumaini University

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Minority Rights Group

National Association of Seadogs

Never Again International

Open Society Justice Initiative

Pan-African Movement

Rencontre Africaine Pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)

Sierra Leone STAND Chapter

Sisters' Arabic Forum for Human Rights (SAF)

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

Sudan Organization Against Torture (SOAT)

Syrian Organization for Human Rights

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)

Universal Human Rights Network

WARIPNET

Women Initiative Nigeria (WIN)