Darfur peace talks to begin without key rebels
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SIRTE, Libya  - Delegations gathered in Libya on Saturday to launch talks to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in Sudan's Darfur region but the absence of key rebels cast doubt on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.
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Peace talks aimed at ending a 22-month-old crisis in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region, scheduled for Friday in Nigerian capital Abuja, has been postponed for a day, a spokesman for the African Union said.
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Negotiations stopped in Abuja yesterday over Darfur once again when the rebels refused to negotiate directly with the Sudanese government delegation until the meeting of the African Union leaders separately to agree on the agenda.
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African Union-sponsored peace talks between Sudan&#39;s government and rebel leaders from its war-torn Darfur region began on Monday amid disagreement over the deployment of peacekeepers.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudan's government and rebels ended talks on the country's troubled Darfur region yesterday, with agreements on security and refugees but no pact on a long-term resolution to the violence.
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Sudan rejected an offer of African troops to disarm rebels in Darfur as peace talks began in Nigeria, insisting it was capable of neutralizing both pro-government and rebel militia fighting in the western region.
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Darfur peace talks kicked off four days late in Nigeria on Monday amid mounting international concerns of a resurgence of fighting in the remote Sudanese region.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - Darfur's two main rebel groups will not attend U.N.-African Union mediated peace talks in Libya, their leaders said on Friday, dashing any chance of an immediate peace deal to end 4-1/2 years of war in western Sudan.
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A prominent Darfur rebel figure and  five other smaller factions will not attend peace talks due to  start this weekend in Libya, leaders said on Tuesday, casting  doubt on prospects for a settlement.
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Sudan and Darfur rebels will hold peace talks on 27 October, the Khartoum government and the UN say.
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Sudanâs government and rebels have wrapped up a first day of new Darfur peace talks, trying to break a deadlock over key security issues keeping aid workers from reaching hundreds of thousands of refugees in the western region of Sudan.
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A peace summit aimed at ending fighting in Congo's blood-steeped eastern provinces of North and South Kivu opened on Sunday without the presence of President Joseph Kabila and rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda.
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Darfur&#39;s rebel leaders held preliminary talks with African Union mediators in Abuja on Friday ahead of the latest round of peace negotiations on the crisis in the western Sudanese region.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Darfur peace talks kicked off  four days late in Nigeria Monday amid mounting international  concerns of a resurgence of fighting in the remote Sudanese  region.
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Sudan's government committed to a cease-fire in Darfur at the start of peace talks Saturday, but mediators and journalists outnumbered the few rebels who did not boycott the U.N.-sponsored negotiations, reducing hopes for an end to the fighting.
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Darfur rebels boycotting peace talks in Libya said on Tuesday they would meet envoys from an African Union-U.N. mediation team but specified conditions that gave little hope they would change their positions.
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Sudan's two Darfur rebel groups walked out of peace talks in Nigeria for 24 hours Saturday, saying they needed to mourn 75 civilians killed by Sudanese government forces and Arab Janjaweed militia in the last three days.