Rice presses Sudan to accept U.N. force
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she pressed Sudan's government to accept a U.N. force in the war-torn region of Darfur, warning improved U.S. relations depended on it.
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Sudan must stop trying to &quot;scale back&quot; a  hybrid international force for Darfur, U.S. Secretary of State  Condoleezza Rice said as she flew to Paris for talks on the  humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region.
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Warning that &quot;time is running out&quot; to halt the carnage in Darfur, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to build international pressure on Sudan to let UN peacekeepers into the war-torn region.
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The United States and others will consider imposing a range of punitive measures against Sudan for its refusal to accept an international force into its Darfur region, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged U.N. member states on Thursday to provide critically needed aviation, transport and logistics units for the new African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region.
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The United States expressed skepticism Tuesday over Sudan&#39;s acceptance of a joint African Union-UN force to bring an end to the bloodshed in Darfur.
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Sudan must stop trying to "scale back" a hybrid international force for Darfur, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said as she flew to Paris for talks on the humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice told Sudan in firm terms on Wednesday it must choose  between "cooperation and confrontation" with the rest of the  world and accept a U.N. force for Darfur.
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The United States demanded on  Thursday that the U.N. Security Council respond to Sudan's  warning that any nation pledging U.N. troops for Darfur was  committing a "hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion."
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The United States and Denmark sought  on Friday to increase world pressure on Sudan to accept U.N.  peacekeepers in war-torn Darfur, warning that time was running  out as Khartoum launched a new offensive there.
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U.S. Secretary of State  Condoleezza Rice strongly urged Sudan on Friday to accept a  "hybrid" international force for Darfur but was told the  African Union could do the job, a senior Sudanese official  said.
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The United States on Tuesday called for full Sudanese cooperation with the deployment of international peacekeepers in the war-shattered Darfur region.
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President George W. Bush said on   Tuesday the United Nations' credibility is at stake over the   violence in Sudan's Darfur region and challenged world leaders   to act quickly to get a peacekeeping force there.
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The United States is focusing on the Arab world for help in pressing Sudan to accept U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur to stop the violence and provide humanitarian relief. But Arab countries are more likely to support Sudan's rejection of such a deployment, analysts say.
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UN chief Kofi Annan's special envoy to Sudan urged the Sudanese government to accept international aid if it is unable to protect the population in its troubled Darfur region.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Sudanese on Monday to seize the "historic opportunity" of a new peacekeeping force in Darfur to start a conclusive round of peace talks to end the conflict.
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The United Nations secretary-general has urged the Security Council to take immediate action over a US draft resolution on Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.