Sudan: Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities

If you Google the word Darfur, you will find about
13 million references to the atrocities in the western Darfur region of
Sudan -- what the United States has said is this century's first
genocide.

As of today,
when the 200 million users of Google Earth log onto the site, they will
be able to view the horrific details of what's happening in Darfur for
themselves.

In an effort
to bring more attention to the ongoing crisis in Darfur, the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google's mapping service
literally to map out the carnage in the Darfur region.

Experts
estimate that 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million more have
been displaced since the conflict flared in 2003, when rebels took up
arms against the central Sudane