Brown, Sarkozy urge action on Darfur war
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The leaders of Britain and France pledged Friday to step up pressure on their allies to help end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, saying it is crucial to quickly deploy more peacekeepers and maintain the threat of sanctions against combatants on both sides.
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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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United Nations head Kofi Annan has urged the Security Council to take &quot;prompt action&quot; to stop intensifying violence in the Sudan&#39;s Darfur 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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TRIPOLI, Libya  - The Sudanese government and  rebel leaders need to be pushed to find a solution to the  bloody conflict in Darfur, African foreign ministers said  Sunday ahead of a summit on the crisis.
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The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday urged the Security Council to immediately refer abuses in Darfur to the International Criminal Court, while Kofi Annan called for "urgent action" to end the violence in the vast region in western Sudan.
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The 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries on Thursday urged Sudan to work with the international community to end the four-year-old conflict in Darfur.
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PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged swift international action Monday toward speeding up deployment of troops in Darfur, as key world players met to try to consolidate efforts and resources for the ravaged Sudanese region.
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Britain and the United States  called for a vote on Thursday on a U.N. resolution to allow the  United Nations to begin assembling a peacekeeping force for  Sudan's Darfur region, despite opposition from the government  in Khartoum.
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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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France, the United States, China and some 15 other nations open a conference in Paris on Monday to shore up international efforts to end the bloodshed in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region.
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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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In a show of his new foreign policy objectives, the French president called a meeting Monday in an attempt to help bolster the international military presence in Darfur.
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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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Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flies to Sudan on Monday to press the government to end the humanitarian crisis engulfing the western region of Darfur.
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The crisis in Darfur is a humanitarian disaster that threatens the entire region, French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday while urging Sudan to accept peacekeepers.Comment
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President George W. Bush and visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki pressed for urgent deployment of international peacekeepers in violence-torn Darfur.