Doubts remain over Darfur force
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Talks on Darfur at the UN end with disagreement over the deployment of peacekeepers in the Sudanese region.
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The United Nations and the African Union agreed Thursday on a highly mobile, robust joint force to help protect civilians and restore security to the Darfur region &#151; but Sudan still holds the key to its deployment.
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The United Nations envoy to Sudan says he is sceptical about the talks due to resume later today to resolve the continuing conflict in the Darfur region.
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A top Sudanese official said Saturday his country doubted the UN Security Council would impose sanctions on his country when discussing Darfur next week.
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An international police presence is needed in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region to accompany and monitor local police officers so that the vast population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) there are protected, two senior United Nations human rights
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Reports of rape are still rife in Darfur, western Sudan, perpetrators of abuses act with impunity, and civilians are being pressured to return to insecure areas, a UN team said on Monday.
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Disagreement over creation of a no-fly zone in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region stalled the signing of a security accord between the government and rebels, who met for another day of talks Friday in Nigeria&#39;s capital.
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LONDON, Aug 18  -- The United Nations&#39; top envoy in Sudan said an African peacekeeping force deploying in Darfur was too small to carry out its mission in the vast, devastated Sudanese region, in comments published Wednesday in the Financial Times ...
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Accounts of the bloody battle near Najaf have produced more questions than answers, raising doubts about Iraqi security forces' performance and concern over tensions within the majority Shiite community.
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The threat of violence remains so intense in Darfur that no one feels safe enough to return home.
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As the month-end deadline nears for Sudan to disarm the mostly Arab pro-government militias in Darfur, the United Nations and Western powers are in a dilemma over how far to go to stop the killing in an African country.
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troops to monitor renewed fighting in Darfur, where 1.5 million people have been driven from their homes. Ethiopia and Chad to the talks in the Nigerian capital, which analysts say have little chance of success.
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Sudan&#39;s government and Darfur rebels said on Thursday they were waiting for African Union mediators to decide if peace talks would continue despite a stalemate on security in the western Sudanese region.
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The African Union has objected to a proposal for a 23,000-strong AU-U.N. force to help end the bloodshed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because it would give the United Nations command and control, U.N. diplomats said.
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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.
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Questions remain over the  death of a Libyan journalist despite the conviction of three men, campaigners say.
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Sudan has yet to decide whether to  allow U.N. peacekeeping troops into Darfur, but will let a  technical team visit the region to investigate a United Nations  role, presidential advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail said on Friday.