Tag: DARFUR

A 2005 peace deal may have put an official end to Sudan's brutal, 21-year civil war, but George Clooney, Google and several human rights organizations want to make sure that the country doesn't erupt in further violence during a crucial moment in its history. Yesterday, Clooney and his colleagues announced the launch of the Satellite Sentinel Project, a new initiative that combines real-time ...

In 2007, Google Earth joined forces with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to help raise awareness of the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. According to Google's Lat Long Blog, the joint venture is now providing "the most detailed picture to date of the scope and nature of the destruction" of more than 3,300 villages, which left 2.5 million people homeless and resulted in 200,000 civilian ...

Actress, activist and former Woody Allen flame Mia Farrow is in the ninth day of her hunger strike for Darfur, which she has been chronicling on her own YouTube channel, the L.A. Times reports. According to the Times, the 64-year-old, noticeably gaunt Farrow has committed to a three-week hunger strike, during which she will consume only water, in order to raise the public's awareness of the ...

You may remember a little story we posted the other day about a Fairfax County High School student named Devraj Kori, who called a school administrator's home to question the decision not to close the area's schools for snow. Dean Tistadt's wife, Candy, returned Kori's call and left the boy a minute long rant chastising him for calling their home number with some harsh words, including the ...

Google Earth is a fascinating program that allows you to zoom in on virtually any location on earth using satellite imagery. As of today, however, when you search for Darfur, you are shown a large red region titled "Crisis in Darfur." This is one of the first times a search engine of this scale has become involved in international politics. Google looks at it as a way to educate its users to the ...