MIA FARROW - FARROW LIGHTS FLAME FOR DARFUR

Crusading actress MIA FARROW has lit a symbolic torch to highlight the ongoing atrocities in western Sudan. Farrow, a goodwill ambassador for U.N. Children's Fund UNICEF and outspoken critic of the abuses taking place in the war-torn country, held the flame in Oure Cassoni refugee camp, near Chad's border with Sudan. She said, "This flame represents and honours all those who have been lost, and all those who still suffer. "This flame celebrates the courage of those who survived and represents the hope we all share for an end to the violence, and a safe return home." Farrow made her political statement almost exactly a year before the Beijing Olympics open (08Aug08). China is Sudan's most powerful ally and stands accused of shielding its government from international action.