Chad Breaks Ties With Sudan After Assault
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3793995.html
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chad broke off
diplomatic relations with Sudan on Friday and
threatened to expel 200,000 Sudanese refugees,
blaming its neighbor for a rebel attack that killed
350 in the capital.
President Idriss Deby said he would expel the
refugees who fled Sudan's troubled Darfur region
by June 30 if the U.N. and the African Union did not
help stop what he said were Sudan's attempts to
destabilize his government.
The competition for power has become more intense
since the country began producing oil. An Exxon Mobil-led
consortium ex****ted 133 million barrels of oil from Chad
between October 2003 and December 2005, according to
the World Bank. Chad, which receives a 12.5 percent royalty
on each barrel ex****ted, earned $307 million, the bank said.
The Sudanese government is accused of unlea****ng
Arab tribal militias to murder and rape civilians and lay
waste to villages in Darfur, though it denies the charge.
More than 200,000 refugees have fled to Chad,
and the conflict has left about 180,000 dead over
the last three years _ most from disease and hunger.
"The international community has been totally deaf
and dumb on the situation between Sudan and Chad,"
Deby said following an emergency Cabinet meeting.
They "need to understand the situation and that enough
is enough."
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"There will be no rescue, no intervention for us.
We can only save ourselves. Many of you know
influential people abroad, you must call these people.
You must tell them what will happen to us... say goodbye.
But when you say goodbye, say it as if you are reaching
through the phone and holding their hand. Let them know
that if they let go of that hand, you will die.
We must shame them into sending help."
- Paul Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda
Thank Bushphile Paul Wolfowitz:
World Bank shuts Chad oil account
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4608900.stm
"The oil revenue needs to be used for the welfare of
our youth instead of being put aside for future generations
as the World Bank wants us to do," Chad's Foreign Minister
Ahmat Allami told the BBC's French service.
He denounced last week's move by the bank
as foreign pressure and an attack on Chad's
sovereignty, saying his government needed
some of the oil money now to finance improvements in
health and education.
[World] Bank president Paul Wolfowitz accused Chad's
government of acting "unilaterally" after the law
which Mr Deby approved was passed by parliament
two weeks ago.
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Oil unions mull withdrawal from nervy Nigerian delta
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2006-01-20T094019Z_01_ALL034821_RTRIDST_0_OZABS-ENERGY-NIGERIA-UNIONS-20060120.XML
Nigeria output cut by 20% due to "Terrorism":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4608702.stm
Nigerian Militants to Kill Hostages if US Man Dies
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-19T234558Z_01_L1993836_RTRUKOC_0_US-NIGERIA-HOSTAGES.xml&archived=False
Problems in Iran, Nigeria force Oil Prices Up Again
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/problems-in-iran-nigeria-force-oil-prices-up-again/2006/01/17/1137466989663.html
Sudan: Oil Companies Complicit in Rights Abuses
http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/11/sudan112503.htm
The Rape of Darfur
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,14658,1689172,00.html
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you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
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What do you mean, "bad?"
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping
instantaneously and every molecule in your body
exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal!!
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Im****tant safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
- Ghostbusters
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