U.S. threatens tough measures against Sudan
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The United States and others will consider imposing punitive measures on Sudan for its refusal to allow an international force into the devastated Darfur region, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan - A U.S.-backed United Nations resolution threatening oil sanctions for the violence in Sudan's Darfur region will only make it harder for the government to calm the insurrection there, a Sudanese official said Sunday.    Despite his criticism, the foreign ministry official, Mutrif Sideeq, said his government would try to comply with the resolution meant to force Khartoum to rein in ethnic Arab militias accused of killing ethnic African villagers and creating an even deadlier humanitarian crisis...
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President George W. Bush tightened U.S. sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday and sought support for new international penalties out of frustration at Sudan's refusal to end the bloodshed in Darfur.
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The United States said Monday it is pressing Sudanese authorities to reconsider the apparent decision to expel country directors for two British aid agencies operating in the troubled western Darfur region.
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Khartoum slammed as &quot;unjustifiable&quot; a US sanctions plan threatened if the Sudanese government does not allow UN forces into the war-torn Darfur region.
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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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Britain and the United States must stop   making threats over the crisis in Sudan's vast Darfur region   because the government in Khartoum knows they can't back them   up with action, a leading British diplomat said on Friday.
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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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WASHINGTON -- President Bush will announce today that he is imposing stiff economic sanctions against Sudan -- including penalties against two senior government officials and a rebel leader -- and that he will press the United Nations for additional actions to end the violence in Darfur, two senior administration officials said yesterday.
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The United States lashed out on Friday  at Sudan's government for its new military offensive in Darfur  and urged the Arab League and the United Nations to do more to  help end the crisis in western Sudan.
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The United States eased off on the threat of oil sanctions against Sudan to try to win Security Council approval for a resolution pressuring Khartoum to end atrocities in western Darfur.
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President Bush will impose new economic sanctions against Sudan and call for a U.N. resolution to compel the country to stop stalling international efforts to halt the bloodshed in Darfur, senior administration officials said.
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Washington&#39;s threat of sanctions against Sudan over the Darfur crisis is part of a US conspiracy aimed at destroying the government in Khartoum as it did in Iraq and Somalia, a senior Sudanese official said.
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Khartoum threatens to close the US embassy in Sudan unless a bank is found for its mission in Washington.
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The United States modified its  call for U.N. sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday but still kept  up the threat of punitive measures if Khartoum did not stop  atrocities in its Darfur region.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United States softened its threat of oil sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday to try to get Security Council approval for a resolution pressuring Khartoum to rein in Arab militias accused of attacking civilians in western Darfur.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday ordered U.S. sanctions tightened against Sudan's government for its refusal to stop the violence in the Darfur region.