"I want us to live in a world where ... we don't have to worry about seeing scenes (on TV) every night for the next 40 years of ethnic cleansing in some part of the world, " the president said.

CNN: Clinton

Sunday's protest was one of many scheduled around the world for "Global Day for Darfur" to mark five years of ethnic cleansing in Sudan.

CNN: 18 students arrested in Darfur protest at White House

Indeed, the collapse of the sanctions against Belgrade, renewed Russian militancy and the cumulative effects of years of ethnic cleansing and destruction are rapidly closing the window for doing anything useful in the Balkans at a reasonable cost.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The upshot is that, seven years after the cleansing of the Augean stables supposedly started, Italy looks remarkably unchanged.

ECONOMIST: Unchanging Italy