Brown and Sarkozy offer Darfur visit
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British and French leaders pledge joint action to end 'humanitarian disaster' in Sudan.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  discuss Sudan&#39;s Darfur conflict with Libyan officials and  consult South African President Thabo Mbeki about Zimbabwe  during a trip to Africa this week, an aide said on Tuesday.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Paris Sunday to take part in a major international conference aimed at launching a new drive to end atrocities in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The Sudanese government faced intense Western and African Union pressure to accept additional observers and soldiers in the Darfur region, as Foreign Secretary Jack Straw of Britain flew to Sudan yesterday to urge the country to do more to disarm marauding militias.
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KHARTOUM: Britainâs Prime Minister Tony Blair pressed Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir on Wednesday to end violence in Darfur on the highest-level visit from a Western government official since the crisis erupted.
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France and Britain will push for a U.N. resolution to dispatch African Union and United Nations peacekeepers to Darfur, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday.
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CANNES, France  - A summit intended to strengthen ties between Africa and former colonial power France opened on Thursday but all eyes will be on a subject not on the agenda -- Sudan's battered Darfur province.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw left London for Sudan, where he was to discuss the crisis in war-torn Darfur with President Omar al-Beshir and senior officials.
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Saying "silence kills", French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged delegates to a meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur on Monday to find a way to stop the violence ravaging Sudan's vast west.
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President Jacques Chirac has urged Sudan to agree to a peace force for strife-torn Darfur at an Africa-France summit that is likely to be his last foray on the world stage.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw urged the Sudanese government today to make a &quot;real effort&quot; to ease the suffering caused by its bloody clampdown in Darfur, as he visited some of the million-plus people who have been displaced.
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Britain and France said on Friday they would push for the U.N. Security Council to quickly authorise thousands of troops and police for Darfur and told Khartoum to act fast on the crisis or face more sanctions.
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From: Berhane Habtemariam Date: Thu Feb 15 2007 - 08:24:20 EST All eyes on Darfur talks at France-Africa summit Feb 14, 2007 - A summit intended to strengthen ties between Africa and former colonial power ...Comment
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UNITED NATIONS  - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for urgent action Thursday to stop attacks on civilians in western Sudan and announced he is sending UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour of Canada and a special adviser on genocide, Juan Mendes, to Sudan this weekend to see what can be done to provide better protection for civilians in the Darfur region.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will pressure Sudan to end the conflict in Darfur when he visits the capital Khartoum on Wednesday, the first leg of a three-day trip to Africa.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on Khartoum to comply with UN demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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UN Security Council envoys are to meet Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to discuss deploying troops in Darfur.