World turns attention to Darfur

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The US may designate western Sudan fighting a 'genocide'; Europe has sent money for observers.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – After more than a year of virtually ignoring the biggest humanitarian crisis on the planet, the world's most powerful nations are suddenly paying attention to the conflict in western Sudan.

The central question now is: Will their statements and threats be enough to prevent more ethnic killings and help more than 1 million displaced people avoid illness and starvation in refugee camps during the oncoming rainy season? Already, these countries have upped the ante.

World turns attention to Darfur....