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On Monday, Darfur's most powerful rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), had a gunman brawl with some members of the Sudanese troops. So on Tuesday the Sudanese armed forces proceeded with artillery attacks and air strikes on the rebels in two main areas of Darfur.
A city called El-Fasher is one of those main areas. And stationed in El-Fasher is the main base of the United Nation. Main Area - Main base.
"Ground and aerial bombings by the government continued this morning approximately nine kilometres (five miles) from El-Fasher in an attempt to clear the area of armed movements who had advanced towards the outskirts of the city yesterday," stated the people of the African Union peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), who are also located in El-Fasher.
Although no one was killed in these attacks, the same cannot be said about the battle that went down just south of El-Fasher near Muhajaria, which the JEM seized last week from forces loyal to the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA). The fighting in Muhajaria wounded three civilians and resulted "..in approximately 3,000 people gathering around a UNAMID camp seeking shelter and protection," the statement said.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the renewed fighting.
The united nations says that up to 300,000 people in Darfur have died and more than 2.2 million have been displaced since the uprising against Sudan's Arab-dominated government started in February 2003.
The conflict has deteriorated with the emergence of a multiplying array of rebel groups and breakaway militias.

Today Everyone Has AIDS

Today, December 1st., is World AIDS Day. A day that should be spent recognizing the epidemic that AIDS is all around this world and how much more funding is needed to combat it.
"We have made tangible and remarkable progress on all these fronts. But we must do more," United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a message for World AIDS Day.
Check out how AIDS awareness is supported in our backyards:

In Albania, candles were lit in the shape of the AIDS ribbon after an AIDS awareness march:

According to the UN, there is currently an eight-billion-dollar shortfall in resources to fight AIDS.

Cuban physicians give out free medical advice on how to avoid transmitting AIDS:

US President George W. Bush marked the day by repeating his call on US lawmakers to double support for anti-AIDS programs to 30 billion dollars over five years.

A Bosnian activist paints a billboard promoting AIDS awareness in Sarajevo:

In Australia, campaigners warned that smugness after earlier success in fighting AIDS, risked giving rise to a new wave of infections.

Indian nursing students hold a candle to mark World AIDS Day in Amritsar:

Indonesia, which the UN says has Asia's fastest growing HIV epidemic, marked the day with the launch of its first national campaign to promote the use of condoms.
Rome was also handing out condoms.
And in Stockholm, bishops of the Protestant Church of Sweden called on religious leaders around the world to promote the use of them.

Chinese President Hu Jintao shakes hands with a female HIV carrier when visiting a local center for disease control and prevention in Chaoyang District in Beijing:

Elsewhere in China, UNAIDS and the China Red Cross Foundation have organised a "Great AIDS Walk" on the Great Wall for Sunday to raise awareness.

AIDS campaigners march in Abidjan:
There are now 33.2 million people living with HIV worldwide while one in three people with HIV are undiagnosed. Today not only demonstrated that everyone is well aware of the global crisis of AIDS but that we are all ready and willing to work together to overcome it. To read more about World AIDS Day and to see what you can do help fight AIDS any day of the year visit WorldAIDSDay.org. Source.

A Global Warning

UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew to Antarctica on Friday on a fact-finding mission for climate change, becoming the first UN leader to make an official visit to the frozen continent. Ki-moon was taken to Antarctica to get a first-hand look on how global warming is affecting its glaciers.
"This trip, you may call it an Eco-trip, but I'm not here as a choice," he told reporters. "I'm here as a messenger of all the warnings on climate change. I'm here to observe the impact of the global warming phenomena, to see for myself and to learn all I can about what's happening in Antarctica and actually around the world."
Ban Ki-moon also hopes that his tour of the continent will draw politicians to notice the melting glacier dilemma and in turn motivate them to take action. Source.