Clooney, Google, UN team up to watch Sudan border

A group founded by American actor George Clooney said Tuesday it has teamed up with Google, a U.N. agency and anti-genocide organizations to launch satellite surveillance of the border between north and south Sudan to try to prevent a new civil war after the south votes in a secession referendum next month.

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3 comments on “Clooney, Google, UN team up to watch Sudan border

  1. kmh1 says:

    Clooney, Google and the UN? Then the poor south Sudanese have no hope.

  2. Jill Woodliff says:

    kmh1, I disagree. I think the project is brilliant, even if I disagree with the sponsors of the project on many issues. Absolutely brilliant.

  3. Cennydd13 says:

    DITTO, Jill!