Legislators have given final approval to a bill ordering the state treasurer to examine North Carolina's pension fund investments and sell those linked to Sudan's government or to the bloodshed in the African nation. The House voted unanimously to agree to Senate changes to the bill and send it to Gov. Mike Easley's desk.

North Carolina will join 17 other states that have adopted Sudan investment policies.

Treasurer Richard Moore has already begun divesting the $75 billion fund from nine companies identified as providing monetary or military support to the Sudanese government. 400,000 people have been killed and 2 million displaced due to bloody civil war.

Click here for a fact sheet on the bill.