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Africa: Horn
WHO: Darfur death toll reaches 70,000
2004-10-16
A total of 70,000 people are estimated to have died in Sudan's western Darfur region, with hundreds still dying every day, a top UN official said on Friday. David Nabarro, who heads the World Health Organization's (WHO) health crisis inaction group, gave the new overall figure, saying malnutrition and disease meant the monthly fatality rate was about 10,000. The previous overall death toll had stood at 50,000. People were dying despite the aid effort and the world continued to underestimate the crisis in Darfur, Nabarro said. The United Nations says the area is the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Posted by:Seafarious

#8  Guys, guys...you gotta keep it in perspective. At least they're getting the numbers right (/sarcasm off/). What bean counters...people like this should be shot along with the goons doing the genociding.
Posted by: BA   2004-10-16 8:34:07 PM  

#7  So, let's do lunch and discuss the details.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-10-16 6:23:38 PM  

#6  JR, actually, they don't put the french amb next to the german amb anymore for that very reason, sometimes they put the brit or merikan amb in between them just to make sure.
Posted by: Jarhead   2004-10-16 9:34:26 AM  

#5  Come, come now.

Everyone knows that you cannot have a proper summit without the proper application of foi gras, champagne & caviar. Must have the fish eggs.

Place settings are far more important than you might imagine. Just consider what might happen if you place the French ambassador next to the the US ambassador. The Frenchman might surrender to the US before the negotiations have begun. Then how could he surrender to the Sudanese like we are arranging for him to?

Lots of details that must be done right.
Posted by: Jame Retief   2004-10-16 9:30:12 AM  

#4  Maybe they can have a summit about it, like in Iraq.

sarcasm/off.
Posted by: Jarhead   2004-10-16 9:26:22 AM  

#3  The U.N. is allowing another Rwanda.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-10-16 4:11:53 AM  

#2  They'll hold the conference once the orders for the fois gras and champagne are placed.
Posted by: badanov   2004-10-16 1:56:12 AM  

#1  Isn't the UN having a conference in the near future on this? Did they pick the linen yet for the table settings? Emily, didn't you mention something about this recently?

These people in Darfur need protection first, before the aid rolls in.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-10-16 1:32:48 AM  

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