Darfur: Largest Rebel Faction Accepts Peace Deal

May 5, 2006 --

Darfur Rebels 'Agree Peace Deal'
Darfur's largest rebel group accepts a peace deal with the Sudan government but two smaller groups still hold out. (BBC)

Q&A: Sudan's Darfur Conflict
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Analysis: Why It Takes A Television Series To Draw Attention To A Real-Life Human Drama
After 180,000 deaths, American news media leave the story of Sudan to celebrities and ER (The Guardian)

Beirut Bombshell
The assassination of a former Prime Minister may have been linked to the collapse of Lebanon's Bank al-Madina. (Fortune)

Former Marine Pleads Guilty to Spying
A former Marine Sergeant who spied from inside the White House has pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey to espionage charges. (ABC News)

US Denies Terror Suspect Torture
The US has defended its treatment of suspects detained in the war on terror, telling a UN committee that it considers the use of torture as wrong. (BBC)

Pentagon Surfing Thousands of Jihad Sites
A Pentagon research team monitors more than 5,000 jihadist Web sites, focusing daily on the 25 to 100 most hostile and active, defense officials say. (AP)

TSA Takes 10 Hours to Discover Its Test Image Caused a Bomb Scare
At 1:37 p.m. last Wednesday, an alert Transportation Safety Agency screener at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport spotted what looked like a bomb — see the ABC exclusive X-Ray image — and pressed his alarm. That was just about the last thing the TSA did right in terms of identifying the image. (ABC News)

Madrid Bombs Suspect To Be Extradited
Two high court judges today ruled that a man suspected of involvement in the Madrid train bombings should be extradited to Spain from the UK. (The Guardian)

Aid Group Reports Financial Lapses in Tsunami Relief
Oxfam International, the global relief organization, said yesterday that a seven-week investigation of fraud in its operation in Aceh Province, Indonesia, had found evidence of $22,000 in losses. (NY Times)