AU deadline passes, but attacks on rebels persist
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudan's government kept up attacks on rebels in Darfur last night, defying a deadline set by African Union mediators for an end to active hostilities, AU officials said.
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A UNITED Nations deadline imposed on Sudan to halt the conflict in Darfur expired yesterday with the authorities in Khartoum accused of failing to meet their obligations to protect civilians and rein in the Janjaweed militia.
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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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Fears remain high in N'Djamena and abroad that  the retreat is temporary and the bloodletting may be far from over
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Battles continued Saturday in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, as a deadline set by the African Union (AU) for an end to hostilities expired, AU officials said.
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The African Union (AU) has issued a 24-hour deadline to the Sudanese Government and Darfur rebels to end fighting after a massive military build-up in the region over the past two weeks.
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Their abductors also extended the deadline on their demand for the United Nations to withdraw from the country until Friday. They had earlier suggested that they might start killing the hostages on Wednesday.
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The Sudanese government has failed to comply with a deadline to stop fighting in Darfur, an African Union spokesman said Sunday, describing fresh helicopter strikes against a village in South Darfur state.
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Insurgents threatening to kill three UN hostages said Saturday that talks with Afghan and United Nations officials had been postponed for another day.
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is withdrawing its forces from the region to meet an African Union ceasefire deadline, an AU spokesman says. village of Labado on Saturday, Assane Ba said on Sunday.
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The war officially ended last year, but fighting is still claiming lives and destroying homes. Yesterday Rwanda threatened to invade again.
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A deadline set by militants who have  threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton seized in Iraq  was due to expire Monday, and more than two dozen other  hostages were also facing death unless rebel demands were met.
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The African Union gives the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels until 1700 GMT on Sunday to stop fighting.
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Sudan's government kept up attacks on rebels in Darfur on Saturday, defying a deadline set by African Union mediators for an end to active hostilities, AU officials said.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 5 -- The Lebanese army has told the government that it has set no deadline for decisive action to end a nearly three-week-old campaign against al-Qaeda-styled militants taking cover in a Palestinian refugee camp, officials said Tuesday.
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Days before a UN deadline for Sudan to disarm and prosecute those responsible for violence in the country&#39;s Darfur region, nations are looking to the African Union
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Ayad Allawi&#39;s ultimatum yesterday to the rebel Shia cleric Moqtada al Sadr - who is holed up with his fighters in the holy city of Najaf - was notable for one thing: the lack of a deadline.