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As rebels launch new attacks, CRS sends foreign staff out of Chad
Posted on Jun 17, 2008 05:08am CST.By Paul Jeffrey, Catholic News Service
N'DJAMENA, Chad -- As rebel troops raced across the desert in what some fear might be a repeat of February's assault on the Chadian capital, aid workers prepared for the worst.
Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops' international relief and development agency, began evacuating its non-Chadian staff to neighboring Cameroon, said Samba Fall, head of the agency's programs in Chad.
Abolish the death penalty now!
Posted on Jun 17, 2008 05:18am CST.| On the Road to Peace by John Dear S.J. | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
| Vol. 2, No. 41 |
The death penalty will be abolished. It's just a matter of time now." So said Mike Farrell, star of M*A*S*H and a leading opponent of the death penalty, in a recent visit to Santa Fe. Such words a decade ago might have rung hollow. But now they strike a loud chord. New Jersey's abolishing the death penalty this past January fills the air with hope.
