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Darfur Outrage Spreads to Mutual Funds

Date: March 13, 2008

Shareholders Get a say On Ruling Out Investments With Sudan-Linked Stakes.  Many mutual-fund shareholders this proxy season will be voting on a politically charged question: whether to discourage investment in companies doing business in Sudan, whose government is accused of abetting genocide. The main targets are PetroChina Co. and other big Chinese and foreign energy companies with stakes in Sudan.

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