Rebels boycott peace talks
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Abuja - Sudan&#39;s Darfur rebels announced a boycott of peace talks, alleging a government offensive and saying a return to the negotiating table isn&#39;t possible until the government promises to cease attacks.
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EL-FASHER - Darfur's two main rebel groups will not attend UN-African Union mediated peace talks due to start in Libya today, their leaders said. Spokesmen for the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Army-Unity faction said they took the step because mediators had not invited key rebel groups to the talks.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s government has rejected demands from Tamil Tiger rebels to unconditionally resume peace talks. The rebels threatened at the weekend to return to military action unless discussions based on their blueprint for self-rule began again.
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African Union mediators worked Tuesday to break a rebel boycott of talks to bring peace to Darfur, the western region of Sudan where fighting has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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Somalia&#039;s nearly powerless interim government said Friday it would boycott weekend peace talks with the Islamic militia that has seized control of nearly all the nation&#039;s south, accusing the group of civilian massacres and ties to foreign terrorists.
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One of two rebel movements engaged in peace talks with Sudan's government mediated by the African Union (AU) said the negotiations over the Darfur region had collapsed and could be suspended for weeks.
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Marxist rebels on Monday rejected a Colombian government proposal to hold talks at a foreign embassy in Bogota over a proposed swap of jailed rebels for guerrilla-held hostages, including three Americans.
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Sudan's two Darfur rebel groups walked  out of peace talks in Nigeria for 24 hours Saturday, accusing  the Sudanese government of violating a cease-fire and fueling  the humanitarian crisis in the region.
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A Darfur rebel group said on Thursday it  refused to return to African Union-sponsored peace talks in the  Nigerian capital Abuja and rejected the pan-African body as  mediator to end the 22-month-old conflict.
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Sudanese peace talks restarted here at the end of a one-day boycott called by rebel groups in protest at alleged government attacks on civilians, and as a UN deadline for action on the Darfur crisis expired.
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Sudan's government and Darfur rebels  suspended faltering peace talks on Tuesday and the African  Union urged both sides to stop fighting to allow negotiations  to resume in January.
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JUBA, Sudan  - A prominent Darfur rebel figure and five other smaller factions will not attend peace talks due to start this weekend in Libya, leaders said on Tuesday, casting doubt on prospects for a settlement.
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Rebels from Ivory Coast shunned peace  talks in South Africa as hundreds more foreigners left the  former French colony on Friday after days of mob violence.
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Sudan&#39;s rebels and government broke off peace talks on security in Darfur region yesterday after three weeks with little progress and no deal.
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JUBA, Sudan  - Negotiators for Uganda's Lord's   Resistance Army rebels have withdrawn from peace talks aimed at   ending one of Africa's longest wars, accusing the army of   surrounding their fighters in violation of a truce.
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Sudan rejected an offer of African troops  to disarm rebels in Darfur as peace talks began in Nigeria,  insisting it was capable of neutralizing both pro-government  and rebel militia fighting in the western region.
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SIRTE, Libya - Crippled by the absence of Darfur rebel leaders, UN-brokered peace talks ground to a halt yesterday, with officials saying there could be no key steps until the fighters decided how to negotiate with the Sudanese government.