U.N. Denounces Ethnic Cleansing Raids in Sudan

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Published June 23, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Dina Temple-Raston reports on refugees fleeing western Sudan as Arab militia sweep through villages in violent raids. The United Nations has called the raids in Sudan an ethnic cleansing campaign against black Sudanese.

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