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Plus: Rwandan troops arrive in Darfur, and the Pope preaches at Lourdes.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 8/01/2004 12:00AM
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Rwandan troops arrive in Darfur region | Dozens of Rwandan soldiers arrived in Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, the first foreign armed force deployed in the area since Arab militiamen began a rampage against black African farmers, killing thousands (Associated Press)
Support for Mr. Bush on Sudan policies | Evangelicals aren't really exerting political pressure on a reluctant White House (Charles Colson, The Washington Post)
Still dying in Darfur | More pressure on Sudan from other Arab and African governments could avert an even higher death toll in the Darfur region. (Editorial, The New York Times)
Crisis in Sudan: Thorny issues underlying carnage in Darfur complicate world's response | There is deep disagreement among world leaders over how to respond to the war under way in Africa's largest country (The New York Times)
A tragedy that defies definition | Facts on Darfur (Los Angeles Times)
The word for mass murder | The U.S. can supply the food, but with well over 100,000 troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, it has all too good a reason to leave to other countries the question of whether to provide soldiers (Editorial, Los Angeles Times)
Pope JohnPaul II at Lourdes:
Pope, visiting Lourdes shrine, urges compassion for the sick | As Pope John Paul II visited here on Saturday, he counted himself as one of the thousands of ailing Roman Catholics who come to this pilgrimage town in the Pyrenees foothills every year to pray to a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but the Vatican denied that he came seeking a cure (The New York Times)
Pope's journey, Vatican letter elevate women | It is hard to conceive of a more feminine, loving atmosphere than that of Lourdes (Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI)
Pope's visit shines light on the practical side of Lourdes | The pope's second visit to Lourdes and a procession by candlelight on Saturday evening, which sent a massive stream of flickering lights through the town, illuminated just how popular this town has become to religious pilgrims (The New York Times)
Pope struggles through Mass at Lourdes | A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures (Associated Press)
Frail Pope ends tiring Lourdes pilgrimage | Pope John Paul, a sick man among the sick, wound up a emotional visit to this miracle shrine Sunday and struggled with iron determination to finish a sermon in order to encourage others suffering around him (Reuters)
Where both faith and commerce join hands in prayer | The town of Lourdes, France, has developed into something of a sacred shopping center (The New York Times)
Lourdes' heat tests last reserves of ailing Pope | Exhausted pontiff struggles to deliver service to 300,000 pilgrims at French shrine (The Guardian, London)
The Pope fights back the pain to address followers at miracle shrine (The Telegraph, London)
Pope celebrates Mass in Lourdes | Battling age and illness, Pope John Paul II has celebrated an open-air Mass at the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes, south-western France (BBC, video)
Pope's pilgrimage may have been farewell to life says cardinal (PA, U.K.)
Pope delivers emotional Lourdes sermon (The Belfast Telegraph)
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