African Union Rejects U.N.-Led Force in Darfur
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UNITED NATIONS, June 2 -- The African Union has objected to a proposed joint A.U.-U.N. peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because the United Nations would be in command, U.N. diplomats said.
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International pressure forced Sudan to accept a plan to deploy a combined U.N. and AU peacekeeping force of at least 20,000 troops in its troubled Darfur region, opposition parties said on Tuesday.
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Sudan Wednesday rejected a U.S.-sponsored  Security Council draft resolution to punish it over the  conflict in the remote Darfur region, saying it was unfair and  lacked balance.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Jan. 29 -- Bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region dominated discussion at the African Union summit Monday, blocking Sudan's bid to lead the 53-country group as the U.N. chief described scorched-earth military policies as "a terrifying feature of life" in the vast, arid area.
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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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Sudan is opposed to the unlimited  extension of African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops in Darfur,  a Sudanese official said on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force faced the first major challenge to its authority in Darfur, Sudan, this week, enduring more than 10 minutes of hostile fire from Sudanese forces without responding with a single shot.
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Sudan&#39;s government on Saturday ruled out discussion of an African Union proposal to send peacekeepers into the conflict-ridden Darfur region during the latest peace talks with rebels.
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The Sudanese government strongly rejects a UN resolution to send a UN peacekeeping force to Darfur.
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Sudan refused to arrest those responsible for atrocities in Darfur, and rebels intensified attacks against police forces, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.
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A new joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Darfur on Monday from an AU mission which has struggled to stem nearly five years of brutal conflict in the western Sudanese region.
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Sudan has rejected allegations that it is still involved in fighting in Darfur after it was accused of violating a UN arms embargo in the war-ravaged western region.
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The Sudanese Government has rejected a US-sponsored United Nations Security Council draft resolution, aimed at punishing the African nation over a conflict in its western Darfur region, saying the measure was unfair and lacked balance.
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Sudan denied Wednesday that its army opened fire on a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers attacked in Darfur barely a week into their new mission.
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Sudan's government denies warning African and Arab countries not to send peacekeepers to Darfur.
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Visiting Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail on Wednesday rejected a revised UN Security Council draft resolution over the Darfur crisis in western Sudan.
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The African Union reaffirms it will pull out of Darfur, after Sudan rejected  UN plans to take control of the mission.