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Old 09-09-2004, 05:18 PM
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Genocide is declared at the United Nations
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/in...D-SUDA.html?hp

Powell Declares Genocide in Sudan in Bid to Raise Pressure
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN

Published: September 9, 2004


WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 — Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, seeking to raise pressure on Sudan to stop the atrocities in Darfur, declared today for the first time that the killings, rapes and destruction that have forced 1.5 million people from their homes amounted to genocide and should be treated as such by the United Nations

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