Article: Sudan refugees plead for world's help: At shelter in Chad near border, Obama hears outcry for peacekeepers from families displaced by 3 years of fighting.

Byline: Jeff Zeleny

Sep. 3--MILE REFUGEE CAMP, Chad -- In his own land, he taught geography. He lived in the Darfur region of western Sudan, raising a family of nine and diligently sharpening his English by reading whatever textbooks, magazines and newspapers he could find. He lives here now. For more than two years, Mahamat Alnour Hamid and his family have made their home in this sprawling refugee camp that rises from the dusty savanna about 30 miles from the Sudan border. Violence that chased him away has only grown worse in his absence. So on Saturday, Hamid approached a visiting American politician and made an urgent appeal that resounded throughout ...

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