<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344</id><updated>2011-12-24T16:24:34.176-05:00</updated><category term='Somalia'/><category term='Olympics'/><category term='Congo  where people are continually  on the run'/><category term='I took these photos North Kivu'/><category term='politics'/><category term='Dadaab'/><category term='Photos'/><category term='darfur'/><category term='coca-cola'/><category term='famine'/><category term='Chad'/><category term='hunger'/><category term='genocide'/><category term='Cholera-epidemic-in-North-Kivu'/><category term='coke'/><category term='starving-boy'/><category term='CAR'/><title type='text'>Mia Farrow</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1301</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-331534547214228439</id><published>2011-12-24T16:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-24T16:24:34.337-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>mia farrow (@MiaFarrow)12/24/11 1:45 PMHowever  you celebrate, I send you my RESPECT, GRATITUDE  and fervent hopes for PEACE everywhere #LoveSent from my iPhone</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/331534547214228439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/331534547214228439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/12/mia-farrow-miafarrow-122411-145-pm.html' title=''/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-5776812179487301767</id><published>2011-12-19T22:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T22:22:57.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>30 Under 30: Law &amp; Policy - Forbes</title><summary type='text'>http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2011/12/19/30-under-30-law-policy/Sent from my iPhone</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/5776812179487301767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/5776812179487301767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/12/30-under-30-law-policy-forbes.html' title='30 Under 30: Law &amp; Policy - Forbes'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-372390186937772130</id><published>2011-12-19T22:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T22:22:16.777-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Zuckerberg, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber in Forbes' young achievers list - GMA News Online - The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere</title><summary type='text'>http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/242168/lifestyle/people/zuckerberg-lady-gaga-justin-bieber-in-forbes-young-achievers-listSent from my iPhone</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/372390186937772130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/372390186937772130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/12/zuckerberg-lady-gaga-justin-bieber-in.html' title='Zuckerberg, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber in Forbes&apos; young achievers list - GMA News Online - The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2523110839921038580</id><published>2011-11-18T14:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T14:04:38.220-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>US Special Forces are to be sent to Uganda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to advise &amp; assist national armed forces in combating LRA. They will embed with Ugandan and DRC troops in small teams &amp;  provide real-time info on LRA movements and assess the current Ugandan army offensive.Obama administration officials have been adamant that US forces will not engage LRA combatants</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2523110839921038580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2523110839921038580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/11/us-special-forces-are-to-be-sent-to.html' title=''/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-5844901051231733998</id><published>2011-10-25T22:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T22:46:23.961-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mia-farrow/why-obama-sent-troops-to-_b_1030872.html</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/5844901051231733998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/5844901051231733998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/httpwww.html' title=''/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1301873297993054625</id><published>2011-10-24T15:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T15:46:51.267-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sister Gionanna rt. with children rescued from captivity</title><summary type='text'>  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1301873297993054625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1301873297993054625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/sister-gionanna-rt-with-children.html' title='Sister Gionanna rt. with children rescued from captivity'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I2gghQTHUIA/TqXAq1iF48I/AAAAAAAAH8s/125XcuTCufc/s72-c/IMG_1136-711269.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1562804157434213413</id><published>2011-10-24T15:44:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T15:44:23.909-04:00</updated><title type='text'>LRA victims</title><summary type='text'>&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1562804157434213413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1562804157434213413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/lra-victims.html' title='LRA victims'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jO9rSobgwmA/TqXAGNDAnCI/AAAAAAAAH8g/uJ_YpVSTPuU/s72-c/%253D%253FISO-8859-1%253FQ%253FBangadi-Ngilima-d%253DE9c2009-135%253D5F2-763910.jpg%253F%253D' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8040903048644867697</id><published>2011-10-24T15:07:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T15:07:45.082-04:00</updated><title type='text'>little girls -former prisoners of LRA -rescued by Uganda forces</title><summary type='text'>Uganda-former child LRA captives  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8040903048644867697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8040903048644867697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-girls-former-prisoners-of-lra.html' title='little girls -former prisoners of LRA -rescued by Uganda forces'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fXM1VKMTyws/TqW3gWen_SI/AAAAAAAAH8U/kqF3Jjl6TvM/s72-c/IMG_0327-765083.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3075607141567579711</id><published>2011-10-24T15:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T15:05:26.527-04:00</updated><title type='text'>center for children captured by the LRA-northern Uganda</title><summary type='text'>children enact their capture as therapy   </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3075607141567579711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3075607141567579711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/center-for-children-captured-by-lra.html' title='center for children captured by the LRA-northern Uganda'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dEvLV0HsHu4/TqW29hDkmPI/AAAAAAAAH8I/Mhy0zB0qVgU/s72-c/IMG_0322-726528.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-436923581315793723</id><published>2011-10-24T14:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T14:59:41.824-04:00</updated><title type='text'>former child soldiers- northern Uganda</title><summary type='text'>former child soldiers, Uganda  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/436923581315793723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/436923581315793723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/former-child-soldiers-northern-uganda.html' title='former child soldiers- northern Uganda'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O843bF1npHs/TqW1nqhhykI/AAAAAAAAH78/DUCiusfZp28/s72-c/IMG_0329-781825.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2329418101881506368</id><published>2011-10-23T19:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T19:42:24.327-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Obama Sent Troops to Africa</title><summary type='text'>The Wall Street Journal, October 24, 2011The Lord's Resistance Army has murdered, abducted or mutilated scores of thousands, especially children.By MIA FARROW                  AND JOHN PRENDERGAST             This month President Obama announced that he is  sending 100 U.S. military advisers to central Africa to assist regional  forces in ending the reign of terror orchestrated by the Lord's  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2329418101881506368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2329418101881506368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-obama-sent-troops-to-africa.html' title='Why Obama Sent Troops to Africa'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8547880566077579435</id><published>2011-10-20T16:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T09:59:09.934-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"A society of markets, laws and elections is not enough if the rich and powerful fail to behave with respect,honesty and compassion." Jeffrey Sachs</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8547880566077579435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8547880566077579435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/society-of-markets-laws-elections-is.html' title=''/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-749433962415457222</id><published>2011-10-05T09:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T09:42:51.535-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Famine</title><summary type='text'> I  hope you'll take a few minutes to watch ONE's new video "The F Word:  Famine is the Real Obscenity" and in doing so sign the petition: http://act.one.org/go/136?akid=2622.2108205.TiGYM5&amp;t=3 Dear Members of Congress, The  famine in Somalia has killed 30,000 children in 3 months. In 2011 we  have the opportunity to make famine a thing of the past. Lives are in  your hands. Please fully fund </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/749433962415457222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/749433962415457222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/famine_05.html' title='Famine'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3790232166916263316</id><published>2011-10-03T14:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T14:37:38.364-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank u twitter</title><summary type='text'>I got my own name  ( someone was trying to sell it)  so- please do follow me @miafarrow Sent from my iPhone</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3790232166916263316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3790232166916263316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/10/thank-u-twitter.html' title='Thank u twitter'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7659352558560850192</id><published>2011-09-30T20:23:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T20:23:45.919-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Follow me on twitter</title><summary type='text'>I'm on twitter  mia_farrow  which is way more fun and easier to reach far more people Also- I'm having some issues w  posting on this website but am working on it.   The site is linked to my Facebook so I'll be  covered social network-wise</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7659352558560850192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7659352558560850192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/follow-me-on-twitter.html' title='Follow me on twitter'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-5785411625632207236</id><published>2011-09-26T15:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-26T16:00:11.715-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wangari Mathaai RIP</title><summary type='text'>logWangari Mathaai  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/5785411625632207236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/5785411625632207236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/wangari-mathaai-rip.html' title='Wangari Mathaai RIP'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PHMkv-txpE/ToDZ1cdXGqI/AAAAAAAAA60/7qMZ9zXQMrc/s72-c/IMG_1587_2-711717.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-581762640373520906</id><published>2011-09-14T23:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T23:47:22.146-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



 

</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/581762640373520906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/581762640373520906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/test_2005.html' title=''/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a0qIz6VEpBA/TnFyZHvXixI/AAAAAAAAHYw/zvbgZYPFdxI/s72-c/IMG_2725_3-799311.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2278513057371202119</id><published>2011-09-14T23:10:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T23:10:54.985-04:00</updated><title type='text'>family being "processed' at Dadaab</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2278513057371202119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2278513057371202119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/family-being-processed-at-dadaab_14.html' title='family being &quot;processed&apos; at Dadaab'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0c84gyCMuaQ/TnFswJdkZlI/AAAAAAAAA6c/JMj7itjjnZ8/s72-c/IMG_2650-754986.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-9007804118512888030</id><published>2011-09-14T23:09:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T15:00:46.841-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dadaab-the journey from Somalia is very difficult. So many little ones don't make it</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9007804118512888030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9007804118512888030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/dadaab-new-arrivals-being-processed_3554.html' title='Dadaab-the journey from Somalia is very difficult. So many little ones don&apos;t make it'/><author><name>RCB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j1aIP2iu560/TnFsY6P_FQI/AAAAAAAAHYo/T2JB6GpUyJ0/s72-c/IMG_2697-763662.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1787852084377559262</id><published>2011-09-13T20:43:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T18:05:11.578-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Could Kenya slide into a genocide?</title><summary type='text'>Kenya is a deeply divided country with a history of rivalry and antagonism. The recent  transition to democracy has seen episodes of large scale violence. Unless addressed effectively, this situation is likely to produce further unrest that could escalate into genocide.http://thesentinelproject.org/situations-of-concern-2/kenya/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1787852084377559262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1787852084377559262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/kenya.html' title='Could Kenya slide into a genocide?'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7029140336580809316</id><published>2011-09-06T14:10:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T23:18:56.724-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Famine spreading - 750,000 people face imminent starvation http://www.fsnau.org/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7029140336580809316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7029140336580809316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/fwd.html' title=''/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7555510827689071636</id><published>2011-09-03T14:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T22:10:19.619-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I hope he survives</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7555510827689071636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7555510827689071636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-hope-he-survives.html' title='I hope he survives'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8FyY0D8jIWw/TnFeg8E8aeI/AAAAAAAAA58/gJEV0Y_nHZ4/s72-c/child.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1251077841470029318</id><published>2011-09-03T14:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T21:54:54.133-04:00</updated><title type='text'>mother, carrying her baby, walked for 25 days. They barely made it to Dadaab</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1251077841470029318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1251077841470029318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/mother-carrying-her-baby-walked-for-25.html' title='mother, carrying her baby, walked for 25 days. They barely made it to Dadaab'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uAXEVKx9NbE/TnFay-K9xkI/AAAAAAAAA5s/0DJ5nv4dOdQ/s72-c/mother.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2609767590992678291</id><published>2011-09-03T10:21:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T23:20:43.915-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dadaab-the most desperate place on earth</title><summary type='text'>  Dadaab refugee camp on the Somali border:CNN's Anderson Cooper and the other A-list TV journalists are  long gone from Dadaab refugee camp on the Somali border. The huge  satellite dish, which enabled live broadcasts, was packed up last week  and trucked away.Relief workers told us their hearts sank as the  dish departed. Much more than a journalistic tool, it had been a beacon  of hope. As </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2609767590992678291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2609767590992678291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/09/refugees-outnumbering-hope-in-desperate.html' title='Dadaab-the most desperate place on earth'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oyrwa9k89gY/TnFb4WYTluI/AAAAAAAAA50/Y1shE1fhirU/s72-c/camp.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1519094397010649484</id><published>2011-08-27T10:35:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-03T14:48:50.779-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Imagine</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     0   false         18 pt   18 pt   0   0      false   false   false                         &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;   /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1519094397010649484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1519094397010649484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/08/imagine.html' title='Imagine'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-479285058682127220</id><published>2011-08-25T16:13:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-27T08:00:17.573-04:00</updated><title type='text'>World Food Program is running out of money. Millions at risk</title><summary type='text'>Many thousands of people are starving to death here. In  northern Kenya, 3-5 million are affected. Crops have failed for 4 planting seasons, livestock starved to death, food stocks at zero -and people here don't have cash so they have no way to sustain themselves.  Check out: /www.wfp.org/ WFP needs crucial funding for the Horn of Africa-Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/479285058682127220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/479285058682127220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-food-program-is-running-out-of.html' title='World Food Program is running out of money. Millions at risk'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-6132204579468825920</id><published>2011-08-25T10:45:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T20:38:17.815-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Clooney's satellite project shows new evidence of mass burials in Sudan.</title><summary type='text'>I am in Kenya about to leave, with UNICEF, for Dadaab-the largest refugee camp in the world.  400,000 people, mainly Somalis, are already in the camp (which was built for 90,000) and  tens of thousands more have arrived since June, fleeing the famine. I have been traveling in rural Kenya seeing the truly impressive projects founded by Free the Children. Thanks to FTC I witnessed whole communities</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6132204579468825920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6132204579468825920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/08/eorge-clooneys-satellite-project-shows.html' title='Clooney&apos;s satellite project shows new evidence of mass burials in Sudan.'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-9174658417573860314</id><published>2011-08-20T14:04:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T22:11:50.947-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I am in Kenya to visit   communities and schools built by Free the  Children. With UNICEF I will be returning to Dadaab, the biggest refugee  camp in the world - see my blog on Dadaab below. In search of food and  water desperate families walk 50-90 miles-25 days- through sand storms and  across parched land, from Mogadishu and beyond. Many, especially the  children, die along the way.  People </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9174658417573860314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9174658417573860314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-am-enroute-to-kenya-to-visit.html' title=''/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1494781625736415728</id><published>2011-08-13T17:44:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T14:09:12.413-04:00</updated><title type='text'>death by hunger is agony</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1494781625736415728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1494781625736415728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/08/death-by-hunger-is-agony.html' title='death by hunger is agony'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K5KRn8xWo58/TkbwUQAOCAI/AAAAAAAAA4M/fIwllPKYMKI/s72-c/IMG_0821-788353.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3823762911717280656</id><published>2011-08-07T12:16:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T12:39:26.543-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Follow me on twitter Mia_Farrow</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3823762911717280656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3823762911717280656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/08/follow-me-on-twitter.html' title='Follow me on twitter Mia_Farrow'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-200355455772731477</id><published>2011-08-02T14:16:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T13:12:03.806-04:00</updated><title type='text'>famine 30,000 Somali children under 5 have died in the last 3 months</title><summary type='text'>UNHCR,UNICEF,WFP, Oxfam,ICRC, IRC and Save the Children are among the outstanding aid organizations working in the field, saving lives.  These organizations and the ones listed below need our help-the  situation is dire. One dollar can keep a child alive for one day.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/200355455772731477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/200355455772731477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/08/famine.html' title='famine 30,000 Somali children under 5 have died in the last 3 months'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CqpchLkj2CY/Tjg-8yNIwGI/AAAAAAAAA4E/Vo77D5uFXPY/s72-c/IMG_0117-778577.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1833929228745574809</id><published>2011-07-27T21:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T21:05:31.325-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ronan Farrow's Address to UN General Assembly</title><summary type='text'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWhh5w2qIKs</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1833929228745574809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1833929228745574809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/ronan-farrows-address-to-un-general.html' title='Ronan Farrow&apos;s Address to UN General Assembly'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-751865900070697266</id><published>2011-07-20T17:25:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T12:40:52.152-04:00</updated><title type='text'>if you want to help</title><summary type='text'>you can donate to one of these  organizations heading the effort to save lives:International Rescue Committee http://www.rescue.org/International Committee of the Red Cross http://www.icrc.org/ World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org/866-929-1694Save the Children 800-728-3843 Oxfam 800-77-OXFAM (800-776-9326). Outside the U.S.: 617-482-1211Catholic Relief Services 800-736-3467Doctors Without </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/751865900070697266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/751865900070697266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/hunger_20.html' title='if you want to help'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JxSmscrFD5c/TidHzRIMUkI/AAAAAAAAA28/drckw4tOLSs/s72-c/IMG_0109-733846.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-6056696216956206146</id><published>2011-07-20T17:16:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T13:13:35.772-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Somalia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hunger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='famine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dadaab'/><title type='text'>hunger has a face</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6056696216956206146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6056696216956206146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/hunger.html' title='hunger has a face'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--pnGUspvXbE/TidFoiIXu5I/AAAAAAAAA20/en_FRTKBKpI/s72-c/IMG_0235-778384.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7094719064817920849</id><published>2011-07-20T15:11:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T13:16:57.269-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dadaab refugee camp</title><summary type='text'>Dadaab refugee camp was overflowing when i visited there in 2007 and took these pictures.  A Somali woman is holding the card a refugee receives when he or she is registered. It becomes their most important possession as it entitles them to receive food and basic shelter (a tent).   Dadaab was set up for 90,0oo people. Now there are at least 400,000 with 1500  arriving, on foot, each day. Many do</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7094719064817920849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7094719064817920849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/dadaab-refugee-camp.html' title='Dadaab refugee camp'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fccj13qE4yk/TicoWKzyIGI/AAAAAAAAA2U/i_qxfx6pKwA/s72-c/IMG_0606-779951.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8901698951909230909</id><published>2011-07-20T14:43:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T13:17:55.911-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Millions of Somali lives are  at risk. The children die first.</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8901698951909230909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8901698951909230909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/millions-of-somali-lives-are-at-risk.html' title='Millions of Somali lives are  at risk. The children die first.'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-9161732293824638358</id><published>2011-07-19T14:43:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T03:01:26.067-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where is he now?</title><summary type='text'>"The Government of Sudan has pursued a policy of genocide inDarfur. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children have been killed in Darfur, and the killing continues to this very day....Washington must respond to the ongoing genocide and the ongoing   failure to implement the CPA with consistency and strong consequences."Barrack Obama 2008</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9161732293824638358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9161732293824638358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/where-is-he-now.html' title='Where is he now?'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-583957604579650954</id><published>2011-07-17T11:07:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T19:26:42.074-04:00</updated><title type='text'>UN accuses Sudan of shelling and torturing civilians in Nuba war</title><summary type='text'>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/16/sudan-secret-un-reports-nuba</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/583957604579650954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/583957604579650954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/un-accuses-sudan-of-shelling-and.html' title='UN accuses Sudan of shelling and torturing civilians in Nuba war'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-149153288464804530</id><published>2011-07-14T14:41:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-14T14:41:22.978-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mass graves in South Kordofan</title><summary type='text'> The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has revealed visual evidence of mass graves in South Kordofan, which corroborates new eyewitness reports of systematic killings and mass burials in this conflict-torn region of Sudan. The evidence found by SSP is consistent with allegations that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and northern militias have engaged in a campaign of killing civilians. SSP's new </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/149153288464804530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/149153288464804530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/mass-graves-in-south-kordofan.html' title='Mass graves in South Kordofan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8000035211197052538</id><published>2011-07-13T15:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T15:01:23.507-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Update South Kordofan</title><summary type='text'>Friends report civilians in South Kordofan continue to be bombed regularlyby their Khartoum based government.  They say "jets come early in themorning, bomb Kauda airstrip, then bomb the nearby mountains. They arefollowed later by the Antonovs, which loiter and drop more bombs."People flee  into the mountains early each morning and return to their villages late in the evening, for fear of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8000035211197052538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8000035211197052538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/update-south-kordofan.html' title='Update South Kordofan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-6158723337369635974</id><published>2011-07-10T11:03:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T11:03:34.019-04:00</updated><title type='text'>President of the Republic of South Sudan and me</title><summary type='text'>  " We have waited for more than 56 years for this.  It is a dream that has come true. This land has seen untold suffering and death. We have been bombed, enslaved and treated worse than a refugee in our own country. We have to forgive, though we will not forget."Salva Kir</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6158723337369635974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6158723337369635974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/president-of-republic-of-south-sudan.html' title='President of the Republic of South Sudan and me'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MMjjrw_TX90/Thm_R-9Ms3I/AAAAAAAAA2M/3PT5WuyKsME/s72-c/IMG_1606-714020.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3629154553580722735</id><published>2011-07-09T10:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T14:31:45.256-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"See? Now you know!! Will you tell to the world?"</title><summary type='text'>We can not say that we do not know.Dignitaries have gathered in Juba, Capital of the Republic of South Sudan to celebrate its July 9 separation from the north. Khartoum's forces are not celebrating but they are busy. These photos  and words come from courageous friends in the Nuba Mountains:"The Nuba people urgently request access for humanitarian aid and no fly zone for all except humanitarian </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3629154553580722735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3629154553580722735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/see-now-you-know-will-you-tell-to-world.html' title='&quot;See? Now you know!! Will you tell to the world?&quot;'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1IFNYurhC8o/ThhsuVJoBiI/AAAAAAAAA1k/l3pbq8Xn-fY/s72-c/DownloadedFile-9-745123.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1959980576283483881</id><published>2011-07-08T17:44:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T17:44:11.578-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Heartfelt congratulations to the people of the Republic of South Sudan!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Yet even as we celebrate South Sudan's independence, Khartoum's  forces are attacking civilians in South Kordofan and blockading critical delivery of food, water and medical supplies to those under siege and those who have fled their homes.    </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1959980576283483881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1959980576283483881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/heartfelt-congratulations-to-people-of.html' title='Heartfelt congratulations to the people of the Republic of South Sudan!!!!!'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7664369524997900890</id><published>2011-07-06T10:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T10:46:31.572-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Probe UN Neglect in South Kardofan</title><summary type='text'>By Julie FlintThe Daily Star (Lebanon)- Excerpts. Link to complete piece belowThe United Nations, already examining the performance of itspeacekeeping troops in Abyei in May, must widen its investigations totheir performance in the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan inJune. In Abyei, Zambian peacekeepers stand accused of staying in theirbarracks during fighting between government forces and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7664369524997900890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7664369524997900890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/probe-un-neglect-in-south-kardofan.html' title='Probe UN Neglect in South Kardofan'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-4619588549380246686</id><published>2011-07-06T00:14:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T00:14:59.664-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Heavy Military Activity in,South Kordofan</title><summary type='text'>Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has   identified through analysis of DigitalGlobe satellite imagery captured   on 4 July 2011 an apparent Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) convoy travelling   through Kadugli town consistent with an at least regiment-sized unit,   which is equal to approximately 1000 troops. The convoy is at least 2km   in length, and could be potentially longer. There are at least 80   </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4619588549380246686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4619588549380246686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/heavy-military-activity-insouth.html' title='Heavy Military Activity in,South Kordofan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1552106303303032394</id><published>2011-07-05T11:57:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T19:20:31.136-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Probe UN neglect in South Kordofan</title><summary type='text'>By Julie FlintThe  Daily Star(Lebanon)Excerpts - link to complete piece belowThe United Nations, already examining the performance of itspeacekeeping troops in Abyei in May, must widen its investigations totheir performance in the Nuba Mountains region of South Kordofan inJune. In Abyei, Zambian peacekeepers stand accused of staying in theirbarracks during fighting between government forces and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1552106303303032394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1552106303303032394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/probe-un-neglect-in-south-kordofan.html' title='Probe UN neglect in South Kordofan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8095671296782457241</id><published>2011-07-04T18:05:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T11:18:14.015-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where were the UN Peacekeepers in Abyei? Right there</title><summary type='text'>I was in Abyei in May. The situation was, as the Chief Administrator described:  "desperate". Employing a familiar tactic, Khartoum has backed, trained and armed a semi-nomadic Arab tribe, the Misseriya, while denying all responsibility for its repeated attacks on Abyei town and the areas villages. Most of the people had fled. I took this photo in the marketplace which would normally have been </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8095671296782457241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8095671296782457241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/where-were-un-peacekeepers-in-abyei.html' title='Where were the UN Peacekeepers in Abyei? Right there'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_O8TfOMi2QE/ThI5LzkDPWI/AAAAAAAAA1c/jYZ73ZDCClQ/s72-c/IMG_1536-735462.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1381915143224816690</id><published>2011-07-03T07:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-03T08:22:01.847-04:00</updated><title type='text'>video evidence of attacks by the Khartoum regime on civilians  in the Nuba mountains.</title><summary type='text'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BonwHVvabC8&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1381915143224816690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1381915143224816690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/first-video-evidence-of-attacks-by.html' title='video evidence of attacks by the Khartoum regime on civilians  in the Nuba mountains.'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8601859757064951777</id><published>2011-07-02T11:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-02T11:09:51.896-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>                                                                        Exerpts from Huffingtonpost piece: 'Why the US Must Stand Up to Sudan'                    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-tinsley/why-the-us-must-stand-up-_b_889054.html?ir=Impact Rebecca TinsleyThis week marks a milestone of misery for millions of Sudanesecitizens. It is the anniversary of the military coup that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8601859757064951777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8601859757064951777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/exerpts-from-huffingtonpost-piece-why_863.html' title=''/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1498090525824402799</id><published>2011-07-02T09:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-02T09:48:01.168-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New York Times</title><summary type='text'>LEWERE, Sudan - Children with shrapnel wounds lie on metal hospitalcots. Thousands of others have been huddling in caves and stonyriverbeds, fleeing the fighter jets and bombers prowling the skies.Villages are empty, fields unplowed. At the faintest buzz of a plane,people scatter into the bush, in a panic."Just lie flat, or you could get killed" warned Nagwa Musa Konda, thedirector of a local aid</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1498090525824402799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1498090525824402799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/lewere-sudan-children-with-shrapnel.html' title='New York Times'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1455463596804378034</id><published>2011-07-01T15:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T15:09:35.975-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New York Times- front page  article</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/world/africa/01sudan.html?_r=1</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1455463596804378034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1455463596804378034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-york-times-front-page-article.html' title='New York Times- front page  article'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-594508125304359064</id><published>2011-06-30T06:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T06:27:32.569-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mia-farrow/post_2158_b_886403.html</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/594508125304359064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/594508125304359064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/httpwww.html' title=''/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2332717447585289474</id><published>2011-06-27T22:04:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T22:06:10.509-04:00</updated><title type='text'>From friends in Nuba mountains (posted as written)</title><summary type='text'>"Non  stop ready for run. MIGs -cross the sky over the waley in a couplo of  seconds. Yestrday we run fife times - never jumped in safety before they  are on the other side of the sky.Chidren have enough. Lots of crying, lots of questions."Why?"-We  colected some remains - Full of nails. UNMIS did not come. "They never  come!" "They are useless!" "They are locked in their heawy guarded  compound </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2332717447585289474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2332717447585289474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/from-friends-in-nuba-mountains-posted.html' title='From friends in Nuba mountains (posted as written)'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7399109169912872765</id><published>2011-06-24T15:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T15:45:08.329-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is not a north/south war. This is not an Arab/black war. This is not a Muslim/Christian war. This is a war against one of the minority groups in northern Sudan.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7399109169912872765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7399109169912872765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-is-not-northsouth-war.html' title=''/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-974201428495248978</id><published>2011-06-24T13:13:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T15:35:30.851-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Observations-  aid worker - south Kordofan</title><summary type='text'>"Making Haroun, an indicted war criminal wanted for genocide, the governor was a clear message to the people of South Kordofan."  in the first week of June, Bashir's forces started an operation to "remove" any local people who had sided with the opposition during the recent elections. There was an enormous build-up of troops, artillery, tanks, and machine gun carriers. And now they've started </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/974201428495248978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/974201428495248978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/observations-aid-worker-south-kordofan.html' title='Observations-  aid worker - south Kordofan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1275043382017541280</id><published>2011-06-21T19:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T19:58:49.678-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Are We Witnessing the Next Darfur?</title><summary type='text'>Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2011By MIA FARROW                  AND JULIE FLINT             Soon after the Nuba  Mountains region of central Sudan exploded in war two weeks ago, a  patrol from the United Nations peacekeeping force was detained by  Sudanese government soldiers and subjected to a mock firing squad in the  soldiers' divisional headquarters.  First the peacekeepers were lined up.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1275043382017541280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1275043382017541280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/are-we-witnessing-next-darfur.html' title='Are We Witnessing the Next Darfur?'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3968935393700470109</id><published>2011-06-21T15:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T21:20:54.999-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the last weeks 50 villages bombed</title><summary type='text'>    Photos and message from friends in South Kordofan;   " In the last weeks more then 50 towns have been bombed, as many as half million people have been displaced. Nobody knows yet how many civilians killed. All International humanitarian agencies left the area. Main battle between Khartoum's forces and SPLA rebels is being fought in Kadugli  - the capital where Nuba intellectuals who escaped </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3968935393700470109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3968935393700470109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/in-last-weeks-50-villages-bombed.html' title='In the last weeks 50 villages bombed'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gPikJzhhkqU/TgDwsvXd2AI/AAAAAAAAA1E/D8HCkWdmS10/s72-c/DownloadedFile-6-765677.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8421784907638149302</id><published>2011-06-21T14:19:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T18:59:03.620-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>By El-Tahir El-FakiJune 20, 2011 - During the height of the Darfur crisis the Islamic regime of President Bashir lead massive ethnic and genocide campaigns against the indigenous Africans to replace them with Arabs from countries such as Chad, Central Africa, Niger, Mauretania and Mali. While the international community was concentrating on the Darfur crisis, the Justice and Equality Movement (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8421784907638149302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8421784907638149302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/by-el-tahir-el-faki-june-20-2011-during.html' title=''/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7928954984385623757</id><published>2011-06-19T19:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T21:18:57.127-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Report from Nuba</title><summary type='text'> NUBA MOUNTAINS: REFUGEES IN CAVES, FEARING CHEMICAL BOMBARDMENT. pictures were taken today</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7928954984385623757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7928954984385623757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/report-from-tomo-krisnar-in-nuba.html' title='Report from Nuba'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ui1azGXsCxw/Tf6IHH1Uo3I/AAAAAAAAA00/SZxM4nSQd40/s72-c/50%2Bprodent%2Bsmaller%2BAerial%2BThreat%2B2-719864.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-6781840288786559388</id><published>2011-06-19T19:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-19T19:29:04.587-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Half million displaced as Khartoum moves to crush Nuba people</title><summary type='text'>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/18/sudan-khartoum-displaced-nubaGreat piece by Julie Flint</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6781840288786559388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6781840288786559388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/half-million-displaced-as-khartoum.html' title='Half million displaced as Khartoum moves to crush Nuba people'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7341221220906850941</id><published>2011-06-19T18:22:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-19T19:34:56.247-04:00</updated><title type='text'>North Sudan army massing along borderland</title><summary type='text'>The  Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), which monitors Sudan, said new imagery  from Friday showed  north Sudanese military massing in the Southern Kordofan border state. The images show 'artillery, light vehicles and heavy transports used to carry tanks, troops, and munitions.' The Khartoum regime headed by Omar al Bashir  is also responsible for genocide that is on-going in the Darfur region. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7341221220906850941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7341221220906850941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/north-sudan-army-massing-along.html' title='North Sudan army massing along borderland'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2435539701748947552</id><published>2011-06-18T10:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-18T10:44:47.712-04:00</updated><title type='text'>US Universities in Africa land grab</title><summary type='text'>Harvard, Vanderbilt and other major American universities are working through British hedge funds and European financial speculators to buy or lease vast areas of African farmland in deals, some of which may force manythousands of people off their land, according to a new study.Researchers say foreign investors are profiting from "land grabs" thatoften fail to deliver the promised benefits of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2435539701748947552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2435539701748947552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/us-universities-in-africa-land-grab.html' title='US Universities in Africa land grab'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-9107605333037632887</id><published>2011-06-17T16:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-18T10:18:32.151-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Letter from a person caught in Khartoum's current ethnic cleansing campaign</title><summary type='text'>Thursday, 16 June 2011Dear my fellow tribesmen and women, this is a call of hope and prayers. I am stuck in the middle of the heavy shooting and bombardments at the UNMIS Camp in Kadugli. We are about 26 South Sudanese.All lives are at risk, all are accused to be Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) supporters. We have almost no food, no water, no proper security, and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9107605333037632887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9107605333037632887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/letter-from-person-caught-in-khartoums.html' title='Letter from a person caught in Khartoum&apos;s current ethnic cleansing campaign'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-6219836552867242806</id><published>2011-06-14T15:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T15:06:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Genocide along Sudan's North- South borderlands</title><summary type='text'>          Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, is now strewn with bodies, tanks, craters, and body limbs. According to the U.N., most of the 60,000 resident population has fled, with some 6,000 are camped outside a United Nations peacekeeping base hoping for protection amid reports that government forces are going to door-to-door hunting people down. In his blog,  BritishAmbassador to Sudan, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6219836552867242806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6219836552867242806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/genocide-along-sudans-north-south_14.html' title='Genocide along Sudan&apos;s North- South borderlands'/><author><name>john</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12932771170964670700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2895855466845460627</id><published>2011-06-12T15:05:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T18:13:17.305-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Atrocities on-going in Darfur</title><summary type='text'>KHARTOUM (AFP)  Militiamen backed by the Sudanese army executed 16 members of the Zaghawa tribe in North Darfur after they tried to rescue their stolen livestock, in what could amount to a war crime, a rights groups said on Thursday. Around 100 militiamen raided four ethnic Zaghawa villages near Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur early on June 1, looting property and livestock, human rights group the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2895855466845460627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2895855466845460627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/atrocities-on-going-in-darfur.html' title='Atrocities on-going in Darfur'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1643289469930881249</id><published>2011-06-12T11:41:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T16:13:51.947-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fleeing civilians hunted  'like animals' by helicopter gunships ling borderland between north and South Sudan</title><summary type='text'>Christian church personnel in Southern Sudan:This morning we received the sad news that two church personnel weremurdered by government forces in South Kordofan- They are just two amongst a huge numberof murdered civilians. It should be clear to everybody now that this is not simply a case of fighting between SAF ( Khartoum's armies)  and SPLA,( southern Forces)  nor is it collateral damage; this</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1643289469930881249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1643289469930881249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/fleeing-civilians-hunted-like-animals.html' title='Fleeing civilians hunted  &apos;like animals&apos; by helicopter gunships ling borderland between north and South Sudan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-9165071244875769852</id><published>2011-06-10T16:07:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-11T10:17:09.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>According to UNHCR, one hundred thousand people, the entire Ngok Dinka population  of the Abyei area was forced to flee when Khartoum  invaded and destroyed Abyei town. The exodus of the residents was followed by the massive, orchestrated   influx of a northern, Arab tribe, the Misseryia.     All evidence to the contrary,    Ban Ki Moon inexplicably declared  it is "far too early to claim that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9165071244875769852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/9165071244875769852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/according-to-unhcr-one-hundred-thousand.html' title=''/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-6958926299572832900</id><published>2011-06-09T14:19:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-09T16:34:45.566-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Genocide in Darfur continues</title><summary type='text'>United Nations News Centre:Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir continues to commit crimes against humanity and carry out genocide against residents of Darfur in defiance of the United Nations, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the Security Council today.  "President al-Bashir has learned how to continue to commit crimes challenging the authority of the UN Security Council, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6958926299572832900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6958926299572832900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/06/genocide-in-darfur-continues.html' title='Genocide in Darfur continues'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-4033215471253020</id><published>2011-05-27T14:53:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T14:53:40.076-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ethnic cleansing-the burning of Abyei</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4033215471253020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4033215471253020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/ethnic-cleansing-burning-of-abyei.html' title='ethnic cleansing-the burning of Abyei'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I9zolzAU0vE/Td_zNLjYXKI/AAAAAAAAA0o/cy9rI8cJ9sQ/s72-c/110527-sudan-hlarge-230a.grid-10x2-720077.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-4532695498627820781</id><published>2011-05-27T10:59:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T15:03:00.720-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Abyei-from worse to even worse</title><summary type='text'>families flee from Abyei attacksAbyei family now homeless Abyei town last monthAbyei town-families left in hasteI took these pictures last month, all but the first picture. There was not a lot to see in Abyei;  a sprawling of tukus (huts) and the marketplace. But the area is fertile and it is home to the Ngok Dinka people. Abyei town was almost deserted even when I visited. Attacks by the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4532695498627820781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4532695498627820781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/abyei.html' title='Abyei-from worse to even worse'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DRiMI6fH9EM/Td-8bAGOk2I/AAAAAAAAA0I/sXpZEMEeXxU/s72-c/IMG_1436-795231.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1081615637448624213</id><published>2011-05-26T16:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-26T16:42:17.392-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ethnic cleansing in Abyei area</title><summary type='text'>As has been reported, this week, Abyei town was attacked and seized by the Khartoum ( north)  regime. While traumatized families flee ever further from Abyei town,  the Northern regime is bringing some fifteen thousands of Arab nomads into the Abyei area.   An unnamed United Nations official told the New York Times the attack of Abyei  " was planned as ethnic cleansing strategy" displacing  the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1081615637448624213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1081615637448624213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/ethnic-cleansing-in-abyei-area.html' title='Ethnic cleansing in Abyei area'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3578427362832726693</id><published>2011-05-26T00:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T14:32:31.121-04:00</updated><title type='text'>army of northern Sudan is now facilitating a relatively large influx of nomadic people into the area,(of Abyei)</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3578427362832726693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3578427362832726693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/army-of-northern-sudan-is-now.html' title='army of northern Sudan is now facilitating a relatively large influx of nomadic people into the area,(of Abyei)'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-995135581882654065</id><published>2011-05-23T18:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T18:31:34.789-04:00</updated><title type='text'>children of Abyei-attacks forced them to flee</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/995135581882654065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/995135581882654065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/children-of-abyei-attacks-forced-them.html' title='children of Abyei-attacks forced them to flee'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MH-3CBlbetA/TdrgSC9kRwI/AAAAAAAAAzg/X7yOphKgZTI/s72-c/IMG_1404-794790.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1456875692386756486</id><published>2011-05-23T16:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T14:35:29.347-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Princeton Lyman:</title><summary type='text'>"They basically invaded Abyei and they have now taken over most of Abyei. They have taken over Abyei town. The administration has had to flee. Most of the people in Abyei town have fled south. They virtually – the government virtually occupies Abyei. This is a very serious violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and it certainly jeopardizes the process of negotiation that had been </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1456875692386756486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1456875692386756486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/princeton-lyman.html' title='Princeton Lyman:'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2803038384902705184</id><published>2011-05-21T19:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T14:36:43.804-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Abyei attacked and seized by Khartoum</title><summary type='text'>The  United Nations said the northern armydeployed 15 tanks - in Abyei  town-- "Abyei town is now under control of the SAF (Sudanese Armed  Forces). They came with tanks," said SPLA spokesman Philip Aguer. He  said northern aircraft had also bombed at least four villages-</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2803038384902705184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2803038384902705184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/abyei-attacked-and-seized-by-khartoum.html' title='Abyei attacked and seized by Khartoum'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7016879612943466849</id><published>2011-05-21T17:19:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-21T17:19:50.572-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For more than 30 days no aid access to displaced in Kalma camp!!</title><summary type='text'>All humanitarian aid organizations are denied access to desperate displaced people in South Darfur. They cannot move beyond a 15-kilometer radius of Nyala.   Kalma Camp lies within the 15 I'm radius of Nyala but for more than a month it has been off limits to aid workers.   Displaced people in Kalma camp call  on the UN and human rights organizations to press the Khartoum regime to allow the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7016879612943466849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7016879612943466849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/for-more-than-30-days-no-aid-access-to.html' title='For more than 30 days no aid access to displaced in Kalma camp!!'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2343409980295579881</id><published>2011-05-19T05:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T05:28:00.167-04:00</updated><title type='text'>U.N. reports another Sudanese air strike in Darfur</title><summary type='text'>Confidant that the world will stand by and do nothing, an invigorated Khartoum bombed yet another village yesterday- this time in North Darfur.  Just two days ago the murderous regime carried out air strikes on two villages in South Darfur   Thousands more families are fleeing.  The UN and major news agencies (Reuter etc)  report these atrocities as  the world stands by and watches</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2343409980295579881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2343409980295579881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/un-reports-another-sudanese-air-strike.html' title='U.N. reports another Sudanese air strike in Darfur'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-635055708167014878</id><published>2011-05-18T14:21:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T17:09:28.532-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Commencement Address- Ronan Farrow</title><summary type='text'>http://vimeo.com/23911272"It is a sentiment I've heard echoed in countries across the world, and that I now hear in my current job in Afghanistan and Pakistan: young people are at ready to be involved in political solutions , using whatever tools available. But the exciting thing is those tools are changing. It's not just Kalashnikovs any more. We are seeing young people in tremendously difficult</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/635055708167014878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/635055708167014878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/commencement-address.html' title='Commencement Address- Ronan Farrow'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x9zQ7ajtuEU/TdQOOiQVElI/AAAAAAAAAzY/7iMSe56jLCc/s72-c/photo-705218.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3544588663703559712</id><published>2011-05-17T14:35:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T18:14:34.249-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sudanese regime further restricts aid to displaced people</title><summary type='text'>17 May 2011  Sudanese  authorities have announced that they are immediately restricting the  movement of humanitarian workers operating in the south of the region because of ongoing military operations -the United Nations reported today.The announcement comes two days after Sudanese armed forces  launched air strikes against the South Darfur town of Labado and the  village of Esheraya.Aid workers</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3544588663703559712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3544588663703559712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/sudanese-regime-further-restricts-aid.html' title='Sudanese regime further restricts aid to displaced people'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3162231193010447364</id><published>2011-05-17T07:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T07:45:17.146-04:00</updated><title type='text'>UNAMID expresses concern over air strikes upon Darfur villages</title><summary type='text'>"African Union /United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has long been criticized for it's silence as Darfur's civilian populations are attacked. So it was unusual when yesterday, head of the mission,  Ibrahim Gambari released a statement expressing  "deeply concerned over recent air strikes in South Darfur, saying  that the "belligerents have a moral responsibility and obligation to respect </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3162231193010447364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3162231193010447364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/unamid-expresses-concern-over-air.html' title='UNAMID expresses concern over air strikes upon Darfur villages'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1668466694143677483</id><published>2011-05-16T16:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T16:00:51.020-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"A stable Afghanistan is not essential; a stable Pakistan is essential"  Richard Holbrooke</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1668466694143677483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1668466694143677483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/stable-afghanistan-is-not-essential.html' title=''/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-4019267778980204301</id><published>2011-05-16T14:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T14:54:12.550-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Khartoum regime bombs more villages in Darfur</title><summary type='text'>Air strikes by the Sudanese army on villages in the western region of Darfur yesterday left an unknown number of casualties, the UN and AU said today.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-16/sudan-army-strikes-leave-unknown-number-of-casualties-in-darfur.html</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4019267778980204301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4019267778980204301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/khartoum-regime-bombs-more-villages-in.html' title='Khartoum regime bombs more villages in Darfur'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-279331226609395470</id><published>2011-05-16T10:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T12:12:03.420-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Khartoum mourns death of Bin Laden and calls for jihad against infidels, crusaders, Jews, America and its supporters.</title><summary type='text'> Following outbreak of news regarding death of Bin Laden, Al-Bashir's regime came pretty close to shutting down Sudan by way of official mourning of Bin Laden. The speaker of Khartoum's National Assembly Ahmed Ibrahim Tahir addressed a Parliamentary Session praising Bin Laden as a Mujahid (holy fighter) and described the US war on terror as "genocide against Muslims". The Speaker's speech was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/279331226609395470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/279331226609395470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/khartoum-mourns-death-of-bin-laden-and.html' title='Khartoum mourns death of Bin Laden and calls for jihad against infidels, crusaders, Jews, America and its supporters.'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8261356394867943723</id><published>2011-05-15T14:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T15:30:14.760-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Indicted war criminal declares himself governor of oil rich region</title><summary type='text'>Khartoum, once again thumbs its nose at the ICC.  Ahmed Haroun, henchman of Sudanese President Omar A Bashir and  indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur,  is now claiming to be the winner of the election for governor  of South Kordofan state.   The state is located along the inflamed and oil rich  borderland  between North and  South Sudan    Southern government officials </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8261356394867943723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8261356394867943723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/indicted-war-criminal-declares-himself.html' title='Indicted war criminal declares himself governor of oil rich region'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-4989660655027700387</id><published>2011-05-15T13:41:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T15:30:58.501-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Juba, South Sudan</title><summary type='text'>Less than five minutes after I took this picture, tiny Christina diedOf every 1000 live births in South Sudan,  102 babies will not survive.One out of every 7 children  die before their fifth birthday A 15 year-old girl has a higher chance of dying in childbirth than completing school.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4989660655027700387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4989660655027700387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/juba-south-sudan.html' title='Juba, South Sudan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JR1LRmg2KM0/TdAQZj0309I/AAAAAAAAAzQ/gPQHpBelxvw/s72-c/IMG_1777_2-717845.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2057648663865836188</id><published>2011-05-15T13:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T13:31:22.084-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Western Equatorial State-South Sudan</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2057648663865836188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2057648663865836188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/western-equatorial-state-south-sudan.html' title='Western Equatorial State-South Sudan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oUcOj60b_3s/TdAN6pdbX_I/AAAAAAAAAzI/FeQ7N0eC5jE/s72-c/IMG_1343_2_2-782085.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7827008069210094222</id><published>2011-05-15T13:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T13:29:17.588-04:00</updated><title type='text'>near Yambio, Southern Sudan</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7827008069210094222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7827008069210094222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/near-yambio-southern-sudan.html' title='near Yambio, Southern Sudan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IS_b10Vgr5I/TdANbu5jUfI/AAAAAAAAAzA/v9d2h1lFKVQ/s72-c/IMG_1174-757589.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-6111540059761707265</id><published>2011-05-14T09:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-14T09:59:52.068-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Amnesty report. Sudan</title><summary type='text'>Darfur and south Sudan, hundreds of thousands of civilianscontinued to suffer the effects of armed conflict and restrictedaccess to humanitarian aid. The conflict in Darfur escalated andincluded attacks on villages which resulted in thousands of newlydisplaced people. Sexual violence against women remained rife in andaround camps for the internally displaced. Abductions and attacks onhumanitarian</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6111540059761707265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/6111540059761707265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/amnesty-report-sudan.html' title='Amnesty report. Sudan'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8786267321289538059</id><published>2011-05-13T17:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T17:06:02.635-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Are your investments funding genocide?</title><summary type='text'>Many financial institutions invest in PetroChina, a company which, through its parent, CNPC, provides Sudan's government with revenue that has been helping fund the Darfur genocide for years.   With a billion-dollar stake in PetroChina as of January 2011, JPMorgan Chase is one of its largest investors. On May 17, JPMorgan Chase shareholders have the opportunity to vote for genocide-free investing</summary><link rel='edit' 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type='text'> Hawa Abdulla Mohammed Salih, a UNAMID staffmember and activist in women's affairs is  passionate about the rights of displaced people.  On may 6 Ms Abdulla was abducted by armed national security personel  in Abu Shouk camp for displaced people.  She was taken to Khartoum where she is denied access to her family and to legal counsel.  It is not the first time Ms Abdallah has been targeted by the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7803388532646361286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7803388532646361286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/female-activist-facing-torture-and.html' title='Female activist facing torture and possible execution by Khartoum regime'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-4847939069170255974</id><published>2011-05-12T11:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T16:35:52.671-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Rite of Torture</title><summary type='text'>Read Nick Kristof's piece.   http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/opinion/12kristof.html?_r=1&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=tha212</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4847939069170255974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/4847939069170255974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/rite-of-torture.html' title='A Rite of Torture'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1624428492983509379</id><published>2011-05-11T09:19:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T09:19:26.830-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The United Nations grossly underestimated  prevalence of rape in Congo</title><summary type='text'> A new study shows that in Dr Congo 1,152 women are  raped every day, 48 raped every hour, or four women raped every five minutes.More than 400,000 women ages 15 to 49 were raped across all provinces of the DR Congo during a 12-month period in 2006 and 2007, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health.- ( to no ones surprise, the United Nations  was way off in its estimation</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1624428492983509379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1624428492983509379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/united-nations-grossly-underestimated.html' title='The United Nations grossly underestimated  prevalence of rape in Congo'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-3062114622226574640</id><published>2011-05-09T17:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T17:09:19.703-04:00</updated><title type='text'>from a piece in Dissent by Eric Reeves</title><summary type='text'>-- In the years since August 15, 2000, there have been more than 1,000 aerial attacks on civilians and humanitarian operations in Sudan. Altogether, the data spreadsheet contains more than 1,400 such incidents; individual entries provide locations, sources, dates, casualties, and observational notes. A great many of these attacks involved not only retrofitted cargo planes but helicopter gunships </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3062114622226574640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/3062114622226574640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/from-piece-in-dissent-by-eric-reeves.html' title='from a piece in Dissent by Eric Reeves'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8028396932805286652</id><published>2011-05-08T11:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-08T11:01:37.859-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A year round gift</title><summary type='text'>My most treasured gift onMothers day is a flock of chicks that will be given in my honor to a needy family by Heifer International.     Founded in 1944, Heifer International is a humanitarian assistance organization that works to end world hunger, spread peace and protect the earth. Through livestock, training and "passing on the gift," Heifer has helped over 13.6 million families to overcome </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8028396932805286652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8028396932805286652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/year-round-gift.html' title='A year round gift'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-7719650422094837766</id><published>2011-05-07T14:23:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-07T14:23:17.394-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Divide and conquer - completing Genocide in Darfur</title><summary type='text'>Darfur's rebels and refugee  fiercely  condemn Khartoums plan  to carve Darfur into five states, a tactic designed to strengthen the genocidal regimes  control over the region, weaken rebel influence and divide Darfur along tribal lines and breaking up its ethnic power bases. .As the international community focuses on  South Sudan's fitful separation from khartoum, military operations in Darfur </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7719650422094837766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/7719650422094837766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/divide-and-conquer-completing-genocide.html' title='Divide and conquer - completing Genocide in Darfur'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-2105439020389409013</id><published>2011-05-07T13:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-07T13:42:46.738-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Djibouti violates Rome Statute</title><summary type='text'> Dijibouti has become the third country to violate Rome Statuteas they receive Sudan's President Omar al Bashir, indicted by the ICC for the crime if genocide perpetrated against the people of the Darfur region.   It was announced that the  French cooperation minister will also attend the inauguration ceremony. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2105439020389409013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/2105439020389409013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/djibouti-violates-rome-statute.html' title='Djibouti violates Rome Statute'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1804504526245824184</id><published>2011-05-06T15:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T15:30:12.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Darfur's  refugees and displaced people have refused the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars per family proposed  by the Sudanese regime as incentive for them to leave the camps.  They have also refused to accept the three hundred dollars offered as compensation for their losses.    Abu Bakr Hamid, a leading figure in Farchana camp in Eastern Chad said that the issue of compensation issue is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1804504526245824184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1804504526245824184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/darfurs-and-displaced-people-have.html' title=''/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1385935077750430594</id><published>2011-05-05T14:44:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T16:06:23.833-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The 10 worst places to be an expectant mother</title><summary type='text'>The Medical aid group, Merlin compiled this list of the most dangerous places to be an expectant mother. They are cling for midwives   The list is based on figures produced by the United Nations.1 - Afghanistan (1400 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) 2 - Chad (1200/100,000) - This central African country only has one midwife for every 100,000 people. A girl growing up in Chad today has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1385935077750430594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1385935077750430594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/10-worst-places-to-be-expectant-mother.html' title='The 10 worst places to be an expectant mother'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-1796364151403668820</id><published>2011-05-04T11:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T11:21:13.674-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Use your voice. Tell Denis McDonough to take further action for peace in Darfur</title><summary type='text'>Referring to the genocide in Rwanda, the late Senator Paul Simon said if just 100 people from each district had contacted their legislators, the US would have acted- and a million people in Rwanda would not have perished.  Urge US Government now to take further action to bring peace to Darfur. Here's a link to get your message to one of President Obama's top advisors, Denis McDonough.http://www2.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1796364151403668820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/1796364151403668820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/use-your-voice-tell-denis-mcdonough-to.html' title='Use your voice. Tell Denis McDonough to take further action for peace in Darfur'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651969049068097344.post-8771704389001297504</id><published>2011-05-02T16:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T10:44:53.225-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fifty children per week dying at Kalma camp</title><summary type='text'>Just in the last week fifty children died in  Kalma Camp for displaced families in Darfur.   Since April 13,  aid workers have not been able to reach the camp. Malnutrition rates are soaring. Doctors are non-existent and the most vulnerable children are dying of preventable illnesses  such as diarrhea and pneumonia.  A camp leader told Radio Dabanga that  in Kalma  camp the death of children has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8771704389001297504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6651969049068097344/posts/default/8771704389001297504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://miafarrownews.blogspot.com/2011/05/fifty-children-per-week-dying-at-kalma.html' title='Fifty children per week dying at Kalma camp'/><author><name>Mia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15969190796888250583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
