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Jon Provost played Timmy, a well-intentioned but improvident child who often finds himself in life-threatening situations that require Lassie to alert his folks and guide them to him.

“He’s just one of my favorite people to have around in any situation,” Sheen said.

The situation is so tense in the capital, Yaoundé, that almost all shops and schools have remained closed, while most civil servants and office workers stayed home.

Aid officials worried the humanitarian situation in Darfur, already considered the world’s worst, could become even more grim now that the rebels face no military opposition in the region.

"The situation in Russia is still quite tense, so it didn't work," he said.