• Olympic Dream for Darfur is an organization and campaign to pressure the Government of the People's Republic of China to intervene on the side of civilians...
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  • " The Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, initiated in the lead-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, aimed to draw attention to the conflict in Darfur and press...
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    The same year, she co-founded the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, which drew attention to China's support for the government of Sudan. The campaign...
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  • but had planned attend the games in support of Team Darfur. Olympic Dream for Darfur Team Darfur "China Revokes Joey Cheek's Visa". The New York Times...
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    in Darfur, began its own symbolic relay. The Dream for Darfur team had one and only goal: to convince China that the continuation of the Olympic Games...
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    served on the Salem Chamber of Commerce from 1976 to 1997. Tierney first ran for the House of Representatives in 1994 against Republican incumbent Peter G...
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  • Retrieved 13 April 2016. Osman, Mohamed (24 August 2008). "Darfur runner wins Sudan's first Olympic medal". The New York Times. Archived from the original...
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    Lopez Lomong (category Olympic track and field athletes for the United States)
    the United States during the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. He is currently a member of Team Darfur, a group of athletes urging China to exert...
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  • defends Darfur role, deflects Olympic warning". Reuters. 10 May 2007. Jane Macartney (26 May 2005). "Thousands of homes destroyed to make way for Olympic tourists"...
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    Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream". Plans...
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    ongoing violence in the Darfur region. American composer Quincy Jones offered to write a theme tune for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and decided to stay on...
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    LeBron James (category Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in basketball)
    "LeBron: No place for Sterling". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2021. Smith, Shelley (May 16, 2008). "LeBron speaking out on Darfur". ESPN. Retrieved January...
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  • seeking to raise attention to the People's Republic of China's involvement in Darfur. Gengen's name is derived from the term genocide. In addition, Beijing residents...
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  • 2008-08-24. "Shock high jump win for Hellebaut". BBC Sport. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-24. "Darfur runner wins Sudan's first Olympic medal". World News. Associated...
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    from the wars in Kosovo, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Afghanistan, Darfur, Congo, and the Central African Republic. Curry has covered numerous disasters...
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  • motor neuron disease. Khamis Abakar, Sudanese politician, governor of West Darfur (since 2021), assassinated. Afeez Agoro, 47, Nigerian record holder, country's...
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  • Farrow's Dream for Darfur campaign, China reversed their stance and supported a U.N. resolution to send 26,000 peacekeeping soldiers to Darfur. But Sudan...
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    Feigen, Jonathan (October 1, 2007). "McGrady says he'll spread word about Darfur". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved...
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    Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (category International Olympic Committee members)
    Qatar's role in vital international affairs, including the Syrian crisis and Darfur agreement. Analysts said he would be tasked with overseeing substantial...
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    broadcast George Clooney's documentary A Journey to Darfur, which was harshly critical of Islamists in Darfur, the Republic of Sudan. It released the film on...
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    Claudia Winkleman (category People educated at the City of London School for Girls)
    answered telephones at the BT Tower for the Disasters Emergency Committee in response to humanitarian crisis in Darfur. In May 2007, she helped relaunch...
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    Nations and Darfur". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2009. "China: Darfur-Olympic link 'unfair'"...
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    Voices; a concert for Darfur" – concert in aid of the children of Darfur held at the Royal Albert Hall, London April 2005: Concert for the Horatio Alger...
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    rights issues. After the announcement, Carter participated in visits to Darfur, Sudan, Cyprus, the Korean Peninsula, and the Middle East, among others...
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    Sudan's Darfur conflict". BBC News. February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2016. "'Iron lady' jailed for Bosnia...
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    Angelina Jolie (category United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassadors)
    shifted away from. She became noted for traveling to war zones, such as Sudan's Darfur region during the Darfur conflict, the Syrian-Iraqi border during...
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    situation in Darfur a state-sponsored genocide by the Janjaweed. In 2008, the International Criminal Court charged Omar al-Bashir with genocide for his role...
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    and soil : a world history of genocide and extermination from Sparta to Darfur. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10098-3. 신형식 (1 January 2005). A...
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  • was made compulsory until the age of 18 for all citizens (it had been 16). Refugees from the genocide in Darfur, mostly Muslim, arrived in Israel illegally...
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  • July 13 - 19 African-American Olympic greats at Heinz History Center; Steel City Poetry Championship; Wilkinsburg Dream City Art; 2 Minute Film Festival"...
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