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	Posted: August 15, 2008    Satellite Program Records Darfur Destruction Geographers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Office of Science and Human Rights are using satellite images to document destroyed villages in Darfur and other areas. Project director Lars Bromley describes the challenges of documenting human rights abuses using geospatial technologies. Download the slide show's audio in MP3 format Flash version requires Flash Player Produced by: Lea Winerman, Online NewsHour 2 of 13 Darfur The Office of Science and Human Rights documents abuses in Sudan as well as Burma, Ethiopia and other countries. Because the governments of those countries are often the ones perpetrating the abuses, researchers must look for maps in other places, said project director Lars Bromley. Speaking: Lars Bromley, AAAS Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons AUDIO SLIDE SHOWS Germany's First Concentration Camp Voices of Health Care Reform: Children's Hospital CEO Stasi Prisoner Tells His Story PHOTO GALLERIES Irving Penn, 1917-2009 Community Drug Distributors Target River Blindness The 8th Anniversary of the Sept. 11 Attacks			Main: Crisis in Sudan   Origins of the Conflict   Darfur's Political Past   African Union's Effort   The U.S. Role   Darfur Rebel Groups   Government of Sudan   Janjaweed Militia   Archive   Regional Map

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