Darfuris happy with new U.N.-AU force
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Dusty Darfuri children  dashed after the U.N. and African Union vehicles laughing and  copying new Philippines police who gave good-natured peace  signs.
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The U.N. peacekeeping chief on Wednesday called Sudan's acceptance of a joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur "a significant step forward," although he cautioned "it's not the end of the road."
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The new joint AU-UN peacekeeping force comes under attack for the first time in Sudan's Darfur region.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed on Thursday the African Union&#39;s decision to deploy more troops and police in Sudan&#39;s trouble western region of Darfurto help improve the security conditions there.
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region but troops will not be deployed without   consent from the Khartoum government.
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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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The African Union transferred authority Monday to a new joint peacekeeping force with the United Nations in Darfur that the international community hopes will stem the violence in Sudan's war-torn western region
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A UN envoy welcomes a move to deploy  African troops to Sudan's Darfur region, but says more are needed.
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The United Nations and the  African Union reached tentative agreement on Wednesday on a  23,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur by glossing over a  dispute on who controls the operation.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir welcomes U.N. support for an African Union force monitoring a widely ignored truce in Sudan's violent Darfur region, state media reported on Thursday.
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The United States welcomed on Friday Sudanese official&#39;s announcement to accept a larger AfricanUnion (AU) mission in the western region of Darfur and urged the speedy deployment of AU troops.
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The African Union agreed Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police to monitor efforts to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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The African Union has approved plans for a big increase in its military intervention force in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.
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The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region, despite the Khartoum government's strong   opposition.
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Sudan agreed on Tuesday to a  combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of  more than 20,000 troops and police to be deployed in its  troubled Darfur region after months of intense diplomacy.
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UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.
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UNITED NATIONS &#151; Sudan insisted Friday that African countries have offered enough troops for a peacekeeping force in Darfur despite U.N. concerns that the mission will not be effective without specialized contributions from outside the continent.