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China has defended its sale of weapons to Sudan, amid growing criticism of its alleged failure to help resolve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
China's special envoy on Darfur told the BBC that Beijing accounted for just 8% of Sudan's total arms imports.
Liu Guijin said the US, Russia and UK were the biggest arms exporters to developing countries including Sudan.
About 200,000 have died in the five years of conflict between Darfur rebel, the army and pro-Khartoum militias.- By Gus Leonisky at 22 Feb 2008 - 8:26pm
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amusing the armies... of tourists...
By Cahal Milmo
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
A large black bear and her cub emerge from the undergrowth, drawn to the scent of a rusty oil drum filled with a pungent bait of pizza, doughnuts and skinned animals. As the pair begin to tuck in, a shot rings out and the mother lets out a wounded roar and flees to what is almost certainly a painful and lingering death.
This scene is from secret footage of what animal rights campaigners claimed yesterday is a "cruel and unnecessary" trade in skins from the North American black bear, a trade flourishing partly to enable the British Army to satisfy 200 years of military tradition and crowds of tourists to London.