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  • Schwarzenegger signs bills against investments in Sudan (joined by George Clooney & Don Cheadle)

    09/25/2006 1:15:03 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 19 replies · 723+ views
    AP - Contra Costa Times ^ | Sep. 25, 2006 | MICHAEL R. BLOOD
    BURBANK, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, accompanied by activist actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle, on Monday signed legislation to end investment in Sudan by California public employee pension funds and a university system in an effort to pressure that nation to stop genocidal violence in the Darfur region. Speakers at the signing ceremony recalled the Holocaust and the vows of "never again." "I grew up in Europe after the Second World War so I remember the dark and heavy shadow cast by the Holocaust," Schwarzenegger said. "It has become clear to me that we cannot turn a blind eye...