Democracy Now! 10-1 Deadly Attack on Darfur Peacekeepers Leaves 10+ Dead, 50 Missing

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:

With Amy Goodman
* Deadly Attack on Darfur Peacekeepers Leaves 10+ Dead, 50 Missing *

Over a thousand armed rebels stormed an African Union base in Darfur on Sunday killing at least 12 peacekeepers in the worst attack on the
international force since they were deployed in 2004. More than 50 others are reportedly missing after the weekend raid. We speak with acclaimed Sudanese human rights lawyer and opposition member of Sudanese Parliament, Salih Mahmoud Osman.

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* Unbowed: Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai on Climate Change, Wars For Resources, the Greenbelt Movement and More *

As President Bush convenes a special meeting on climate change, we speak to a woman who has been on the frontlines of the popular struggle for the environment long before the current global warming crisis: Kenyan ecologist and Green Belt Movement founder, Wangari Maathai. "I would wish, especially with respect to climate change, that America would provide the leadership that is needed and not be the one that is falling behind," Maathai said.

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* Headlines for October 1, 2007 *

- White House Orders New Plans For Attack On Iran
- Burmese Troops Take Control Of Streets; Arrest Over 1,200
- U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Tops 3,800
- Blackwater Involved in 56 Shootings in Iraq This Year
- European Diplomats Castigate Bush Over Climate Change
- Studies Link High Black Infant Mortality Rate to Stress of Racism
- McCain: I Prefer a Christian President
- 100,000 Protest in Costa Rica Against Free Trade Deal

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/01/1351254