Will Fixating On Southern Sudan Prevent Genocide?

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Source: NPR

After the Holocaust, the world pledged "never again," but mass killings continued in Cambodia, Rwanda, the Balkans and — most recently — Sudan's Darfur region.

U.S. officials see a new risk of blood-shed in next month's independence vote in Southern Sudan. This time, everyone from celebrities to U.S. diplomats is trying a new approach: Drawing attention to the risk of mass violence in hopes of preventing it.

Using unusually blunt language this fall, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the pending vote in Southern Sudan "a ticking time bomb of enormous consequence."

NBC's Dateline devoted an hour earlier this month to following George Clooney as he traveled across Southern Sudan, urging Americans to pay attention to the risk of violence.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/20/132193784/will-fixating-on-southern-sudan-prevent-genocide

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