Demagogue

The World Health Organization says that there are indications the number of people dying from hunger and disease in Darfur has fallen significantly - of course, the WHO has "not been able to carry out a fresh study of mortality rates within the various refugee camps inside Darfur, largely because the continuing insecurity made it difficult for its international staffers to move about."

The UN's International Commission of Inquiry on Sudan is scheduled to give its genocide investigation report to the Security Council next week.

The New Jersey state assembly is expected to vote soon on legislation that would obligate the state to divest its pension-fund investments from companies that do business with Sudan.