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A new UN report, written by Arab scholars, notes "the acute deficit of freedom and good governance" in the Arab world. But, as one author says, "The Arabs, according to international surveys, have the greatest thirst for freedom and are the most appreciative of democracy out of all people of the world."

IMG SRC="http://static.jpost.com/images/2003/site/hr/header.Editorial.gif"> Aug. 2, 2004 21:02 | Updated Aug. 3, 2004 11:03 Darfur - exposing Arab goals for what they are By SHLOMO AVINERI Zenaba Ismail cradles the bodies of her daughter and that of her niece, both killed by Arab gunmen Photo: AP The EU and the UN have finally decided to take the first timid steps to try to put an end to what it happening in Darfur in the Sudan. The recent report by Human Rights Watch on Darfur corroborates the worst suspicions of those who have followed developments in western Sudan. There have been killings on...