UN deadline on Darfur nears
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A deadline for Sudan's government to improve security in troubled Darfur is set to expire later on Monday.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged patience to end the bloodshed in Darfur and voiced hope that Sudan would keep a pledge to allow a joint African Union-United Nations force in the war-torn region.
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His time at the helm of the world body nearing an end, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan stepped up his efforts Tuesday to force a halt to atrocities in Darfur, demanding the U.N. Human Rights Council send an independent team of investigators to the volatile Sudanese region.
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With time running out for Sudan to meet a UN deadline for assuring the safety of the civilian population in the war-torn province of Darfur, the Khartoum government is seeking help from quarters as far apart as Libya and Nigeria.
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Military officials are to make a final decision on the European Union force for the region bordering Darfur.
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UNITED NATIONS - A resolution approved Saturday by the UN Security Council says Sudan could face sanctions unless the country acts quickly to stop the deadly violence in Darfur by Arab militias.
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ABUJA: Sudan will ignore a UN Security Council deadline to end militia attacks in Darfur by the end of the month and instead resolve the crisis through African Union peace talks, Khartoumâs chief negotiator said on Thursday.
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Violence and fear still ruled the lives of the displaced inhabitants of Sudanâs Darfur region as the United Nations deadline set for civilian protection and militia disarmament passed this week.
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The planned peacekeeping force for Sudan's Darfur region will take most of 2008 to deploy fully, the UN says.
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The United Nations and the United States expressed concern that it could take until early next year to deploy a 4,000-strong African Union force to Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region and called for much speedier action.
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THE fate of two million people fighting for survival in the Sudan will be decided in the next 24 hours. Red Cross trucks loaded with food and relief supplies are poised to enter Sudan&#39;s arid Darfur region.
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Sudanese and U.N. officials point at possible compromise over U.N. peacekeeping efforts for Darfur
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The United Nations and the African Union were close to a deal on Wednesday on fielding 23,000 peacekeepers in Sudan's violent Darfur region, but full deployment is not expected until next year at the earliest.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Monday the United Nations should send a peacekeeping force to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan as soon as possible without further delay.
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Battles continued Saturday in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, as a deadline set by the African Union (AU) for an end to hostilities expired, AU officials said.
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Khartoum's official media reported that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan had congratulated President Omar al-Beshir on his government's efforts to resolve the crisis in Darfur as a Security Council deadline for action expired.
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Sudan's government and rebel groups will start talks on October 27 in Libya to push for peace in violence-torn Darfur before 26,000 peacekeepers deploy there, the United Nations and Khartoum announced on Thursday.