NY Times Today

Here's a short op-ed piece, written by Nicholas Kristof, who just returned from the Sudan-Chad border and speaks about his recent experience in Darfur. It's written for those who don't know too much about the conflict, but it's still interesting.

Trailing George Clooney

I was going to begin this column with a 13-year-old Chadian boy crippled by a bullet in his left knee, but my hunch is that you might be more interested in hearing about another person on the river bank beside the boy: George Clooney.

Mr. Clooney flew in with me to the little town of Dogdoré, along the border with Darfur, Sudan, to see how the region is faring six years after the Darfur genocide began. Mr. Clooney figured that since cameras follow him everywhere, he might as well redirect some of that spotlight to people who need it more.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/opinion/19kristof.html?th&emc=th