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One of the things that really got to me was talking to parents who had been burned out of their villages, had family members killed, and then when men showed up at the wells to get water, they were shot.
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The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.
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It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president.
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The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding.
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You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.
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Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition.
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There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror.
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Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives.
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If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic.
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There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.
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The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month.
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I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.
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Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.
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