Farrow: Darfur needs aid

Farrow: Darfur needs aid
WASHINGTON -- Mia Farrow, who recently returned from her second trip to Darfur, says more international aid is desperately needed in the western Sudan province. The actress and U.N. Children's Fund goodwill ambassador told ABC's "This Week" that in Darfur alone, UNICEF has only 20 percent of what it needs to continue its work. "And that's really why I'm here, to tell people I've seen firsthand that UNICEF and other aid agencies are all that there is right now to sustain these lives, keeping people alive," Farrow said on the show, which aired Sunday. The conflict in Darfur has left more than 180,000 people dead, driven 2 million from their homes and undermined stability in neighboring Chad and Central African Republic.
Film critic Ebert hasemergency surgery
CHICAGO (AP) -- Film critic Roger Ebert, who has battled cancer in recent years, was in serious condition at a hospital Sunday after an emergency operation to repair complications from an earlier cancer surgery. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper -- co-host of the "Ebert and Roeper" movie review show -- told the paper that Ebert's vital signs appeared to be good after the hours-long operation. Ebert had surgery June 16 to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland. He told Sun-Times columnist Robert Feder at the time that the condition was not life-threatening and he expected to make a full recovery. About 8 p.m. Saturday, a blood vessel burst near the site of the operation, the Sun-Times reported Sunday on its Web site. A Northwestern Memorial Hospital spokeswoman declined to comment Sunday afternoon.
Today's birthdays
Movie director Ken Russell is 79. Jazz musician Pete Fountain is 76. Playwright Tom Stoppard is 69. Writer-producer Jay Tarses is 67. Actor Kurtwood Smith is 63. Actor Michael Cole ("The Mod Squad") is 61. Country singer Johnny Lee is 60. Writer Dave Barry is 59. Actress Betty Buckley is 59. Actress Jan Smithers is 57. Talk show host Montel Williams is 50. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 48. Actor Tom Cruise is 44. Actor Thomas Gibson is 44. Actress Hunter Tylo is 44. Singer Ishmael Butler is 37. Rock musician Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) is 37. Singer Shane Lynch (Boyzone) is 30. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tonia Tash (Divine) is 27.