World powers pledge to step up Darfur efforts
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France, the United States, China and some 15 other nations agreed on Monday to redouble efforts to end bloodshed in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region by supporting a new peace force and negotiations on a settlement.
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BRITAIN&#39;S Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan today, stepping up international pressure on the government there to tackle the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Darfur.
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His time at the helm of the world body nearing an end, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan stepped up his efforts Tuesday to force a halt to atrocities in Darfur, demanding the U.N. Human Rights Council send an independent team of investigators to the volatile Sudanese region.
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The Sudanese government is trying to meet U.N. demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has killed up to 50,000 people but needs to do more, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on Khartoum to comply with U.N. demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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China should help resolve a  humanitarian crisis in Darfur as one of a few &quot;critical  players,&quot; a British minister said on Tuesday, urging the  world&#39;s most populous country to be more active in global  diplomacy.
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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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Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary-general, has urged the Security Council to step up its efforts to end the conflict in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region, where growing violence
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Sudan has expressed its "total unconditional acceptance" of a hybrid international force for Darfur, but the world must keep up the pressure on Khartoum, Britain's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.
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Britain and the United States  introduced a Security Council resolution on Thursday to send  some 17,000 U.N. peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, despite  opposition from the Khartoum government.
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Ramping up the pressure on Sudan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have united to boost peace efforts in Darfur, warning Khartoum of sanctions if it got in the way.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on  Khartoum to comply with U.N. demands to end the conflict in  Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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EU foreign ministers must step up  efforts next week for a ceasefire in Darfur and impose  sanctions on members of Sudan&#39;s government responsible for the  violence, activists said on Tuesday.
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EU foreign ministers must step up efforts next week for a ceasefire in Darfur and impose sanctions on members of Sudan's government responsible for the violence, activists said on Tuesday.
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France brings the United States, China and some 15 other nations together for a major conference here Monday aimed at launching a new international drive to end atrocities in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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The Sudanese government is trying to meet UN demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has killed up to 50,000 people but needs to do more, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told US President George W. Bush Tuesday that he would &quot;step up&quot; UN efforts to quell violence in Darfur and backed his host&#39;s call for a Middle East conference.