UN hopeful of less strife in Darfur
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UN envoy Jan Eliasson said he was hopeful of a rapid reduction in violence in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur after a series of meetings with government officials and rebel commanders this week.
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PARIS -- An international meeting on Darfur ended yesterday with promises to support peacekeeping efforts and a political process to stop the violence in western Sudan, but with few concrete steps.
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UNITED NATIONS : UN Security Council nations met to look for common ground on a disputed US draft resolution pressing Sudan to rein in the Arab militias behind the bloodshed in Darfur.
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The United Nations said on Wednesday it was concerned by Sudan's lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP-CP) - Sudan said today that the UN chief didn&#39;t give it enough credit for its efforts to restore calm in Darfur and get help to the region&#39;s people, and said it hoped the Security Council would take greater notice.
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Sudan has left a 'tiny' window open  for negotiation on accepting U.N. troops in its violent Darfur  region, the top U.N. envoy in Khartoum said on Wednesday.
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The United Nations says it is concerned by Sudan&#39;s lack of progress in bringing security to Darfur, where more than a million people have fled their homes for fear of militia attack.
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday there had been &quot;slow but credible&quot; progress towards peace in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur over the past six months.
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An international meeting on Darfur ended on Monday with promises to support peace-keeping efforts and a political process to stop the violence in western Sudan but with few concrete steps.
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Sudan&#39;s government has said it hopes to reach a deal in talks resuming tomorrow with rebels in Darfur, which the UN says is descending into chaos.
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Western nations on Tuesday circulated a toned-down resolution which mandates the speedy deployment of a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur and drops the threat of sanctions.
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Throughout November violence in Sudan increased and there has been &quot;a marked deterioration&quot; in Darfur, a senior UN official told the Security Council December 7. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs
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Sudan&#39;s government says it hoped to reach a peace deal in talks resuming on Friday with rebels in Darfur, where the United Nations says one of the world&#39;s worst humanitarian crises has unfolded.
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A quick peace deal for Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region may be possible after a separate agreement was reached between Khartoum and southern Sudanese rebels, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Sudan is optimistic that the  U.N. Security Council will recognize its achievements in  improving the humanitarian and security situation in troubled  Darfur, Sudan's foreign minister said Thursday.
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A UN report on Darfur stops short of describing the violence there as genocide, a Sudanese minister says.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, says the Sudanese Government should grant more autonomy to Darfur to end continuing violence there.