US DIPLOMAT KILLED IN SUDAN SHOOTING

Nice way to start the New Year. I wonder if it had anything to do with the President signing the Sudan sanctions bill?

DARFUR PEACE TALKS OPEN TO GRIM START

Negotiatiors are lowering expectations even before the start of the Darfur peace talks. There were almost no key rebel leaders present to negotiate an agreement with the sudanese government. Without the key rebel leaders, there is little hope for a quick peace agreement.