China holds unrivaled influence with the genocidal regime in Sudan. As Beijing prepares to host the 2008 Olympics, join Dream For Darfur in urging China to use its leverage to persuade the Sudanese government to consent immediately to a civilian protection force in Darfur. In this week's photo, Mia Farrow and an 8 year old Darfurian refugee walk into a sandstorm near the Sudan-Chad border at the commencement of the Dream for Darfur torch relay.

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Voting is open this week (only) on around 150 projects in the NetSquared Technology Innovation Fund project pool. Twenty of them will divvy up $100,000-plus in cash and services and take part in this year's NetSquared conference. Only thing required is to register with NetSquared (free), vote for at least five, and abide a few other simple rules. The full roster of projects gives an interesting glimpse at some ideas that could sprout into tomorrow's way of doing business online for nonprofits, and a few that could probably be cribbed today. I haven't had a time to digest the entire list, but there are at least three four from the DIA community I noticed (and if I missed any, please let me know and I'll add them):

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