http://www.boston.com/news/world/afr...t_lacks_funds/

The United States is the largest donor by far, giving $188 million to the emergency food program. Norway, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium donated a total of $5.5 million and Canada gave $3.9 million.

The only Muslim nation contributing to the emergency feeding program is Libya, with a donation of $4.5 million. The rest of the money came from a special UN ''humanitarian fund" and from individual and corporate donors.

Beyond the pledges from individual member-states, the 25-nation European Union has allocated $60 million to programs in Sudan, but none to the emergency feeding program.

Samantha Power, an author and long-time Darfur campaigner, said in a telephone interview from Washington: ''What is really extraordinary is the degree to which Darfur has not captured the European imagination . . . It's astounding just how passive the press and the grass-roots groups have been" in Europe and Canada.

UN officials said wealthy nations, with the singular exception of the United States, seem weary of donating money to the cause of Darfuris caught in the relentless ethnic war.

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All you need to know about the energy crisis:
ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.