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- "China
loses Spielberg over Darfur." ... "Scott Jagow:
Steven Spielberg will have nothing to do with the Summer Olympics in Beijing
[China]. Yesterday, Spielberg withdrew as an artistic advisor for the opening
and closing ceremonies. The director says he can't be associated with China's
policies toward an African nation in conflict." ... "Bill Marcus:
China's a big oil customer of Sudan. China also supplies Sudan with weapons.
That's why Spielberg says he quit. He said China should do more to help
end the human suffering in Sudan's Darfur region." ... "Human rights activists
say Spielberg's move sets a moral standard." -By Scott
Jagow and Bill Marcus
-Marketplace via
-PublicRadio.org
Sudan
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Chad
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- "New
wave of Darfur refugees flee into Chad." ... "Fighting
in the volatile Sudanese region of Darfur has sparked a another wave of
refugees into Chad and left a Red Cross employee dead, according to international
agencies." ... "The U.N. [United Nations] High Commissioner for Refugees
said on Monday that more than 12,000 people have fled militia attacks over
the last few days from Sudan's Darfur region to neighboring Chad, still
recovering from a recent attempt by rebels there to topple the government."
... "Before the latest flight into Chad, the UNHCR and its partner groups
"were taking care of 240,000 Sudanese refugees in 12 camps in eastern Chad
and some 50,000 from Central African Republic in the south of the country."
Up to 30,000 people in Chad fled the country for Cameroon during the rebel-government
fighting." ... "The United Nations says "more than 200,000 people have
been killed and 2.2 million others forced to flee their homes since fighting
began in 2003 among government forces, rebel groups and allied militia
groups known as the Janjaweed."" -CNN
Nebraska
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Science
- "Nebraska
Court Bans Executions Using Electric Chair (Update2)."
... "The Nebraska Supreme Court banned the use of the electric chair for
executions, finding the practice violates the state constitution's prohibition
against cruel and unusual punishment." ... "``We recognize the temptation
to make the prisoner suffer, just as the prisoner made an innocent victim
suffer,'' Justice William Connolly wrote today in a 6-to-1 decision. ``But
it is the hallmark of a civilized society that we punish cruelty without
practicing it.''" ... "Nebraska [Republican] Governor Dave Heineman said
in a statement that he's ``appalled'' by the decision." ... ""[Justice
William Connolly:] ``Contrary to the state's argument, there is abundant
evidence that prisoners sometimes will retain enough brain functioning
to consciously suffer the torture high-voltage electric current inflicts
on a human body,'' Connolly wrote.'" -By Thom Weidlich
-Bloomberg
Kids
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California
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Video
- "USDA's
oversight of meat safety criticized." ... "The USDA
[United States Department of Agriculture] announced this week that it was
shutting down operations at a Chino[California]-based meat producer, after
hidden camera video showed workers there using various inhumane methods
to force "downer" -- or non-ambulatory -- cattle to their feet and into
the slaughter box." ... "Now, in the wake of the video's release and the
agency's response, food industry insiders are questioning just how reliable
the USDA's inspection process is. The incidents recorded at Hallmark Meat
Packing occurred under the noses of eight on-site USDA inspectors." ...
""We rely on a system, and the system dropped the ball," said Dean Cliver,
a food safety expert who has served in advisory roles with the Food and
Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture. "Somebody ought
to be asking some questions."" ... "Cattle that are unable to walk are
banned from use as human food because they show a higher occurrence of
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease." ...
"Westland Meat Co.[Company], Hallmark's distributor and a ground beef supplier
for the National School Lunch Program, has voluntarily halted operations,
and school district officials around the country pulled suspect beef from
lunch menus." -By Victoria Kim
-LAtimes
Emergency
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Tennessee
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History
- "Tornadoes
in South Kill 50 in Rare Winter Strike (Update10)."
... "The deadliest tornado outbreak in almost a decade tore across the
southern U.S. [United States] late yesterday, killing at least 50 people,
sparking a pipeline explosion in Tennessee and destroying homes from Alabama
to Kentucky." ... "The ``extremely dangerous'' tornadoes, spawned by unseasonably
warm temperatures, prompted the first high-risk weather alert issued in
February in 10 years, AccuWeather.com said." ... "``Tornadoes in February,
especially this many and this strong, is a rare event,'' Buddy Rogers,
spokesman for the Kentucky Emergency Management Office, said by phone."
... "The twisters first struck in the late afternoon, killing 26 people
in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama, the
Associated Press reported, citing emergency officials." -By
Demian McLean -Bloomberg
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