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Over the past 5 years, the country of Sudan has gained major publicity, particularly in the city of Darfur. Unfortunately, that publicity and attention has come because of a horrific mass genocide. The UN has estimated that nearly 400,000 people have died from violence and disease over the past few years. And on top of that, over 2.5 million have been displaced as of October 2006 Hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children have been taken away from their homes to be child soldiers, sex slaves, or to be murdered. Recently this genocide in Darfur has gained more attention, and many people are now putting much needed pressure on the Chinese Government and attempting to boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics. China has been involved with the corrupt Government of Sudan by selling AK-47’s and other weapons to the country.
Many Darfur activists in the western world may be campaigning for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics in an attempt to pressure China into ending its......

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