US backs off Sudan oil embargo position
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The US push for United Nations sanctions against Sudan&#39;s government for failing to halt Arab-militia atrocities in Darfur is being thwarted in part by China&#39;s strong economic interest in the African country.
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United States President George W Bush and his Democratic presidential opponent Senator John Kerry have both come out against the commitment of US troops in the troubled Darfur region of the Sudan.
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council was to discuss a new US draft resolution aimed at tightening the pressure on Sudan over the crisis in Darfur, including possible sanctions on its oil sector.
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WASHINGTON, September 9 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - The United States has presented a draft UN resolution calling for sanctions mainly against Sudanâs oil sector â-ominated by Chinese companies â -egedly for lack of progress by the
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The United States expressed skepticism Tuesday over Sudan&#39;s acceptance of a joint African Union-UN force to bring an end to the bloodshed in Darfur.
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The United States yesterday softened its threat of sanctions against Sudan&#39;s oil industry in a new UN draft resolution demanding a halt to the violence in Darfur.
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The United States has drafted a new UN resolution threatening oil sanctions against Sudan if Khartoum does not stop abuses in Darfur and accept an expanded African Union monitoring force with more powers.
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LAST MONTH the United States and its allies signaled a change in Sudan policy. Rather than pressuring Sudan&#39;s government to halt its genocidal attacks against civilians in the western province of Darfur, they
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The US State Department refused Wednesday to comment on calls for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign because of the oil-for-food scandal.
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The United States modified its call for U.N. sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday but still kept up the threat of punitive measures if Khartoum did not stop atrocities in its Darfur region.
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The US State Department refuted suggestions from Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry that the United States under President George W. Bush had been &quot;toothless&quot; in its response to the crisis in Sudan's western Darfur region.
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The United States and Britain must stop   making threats over the crisis in Sudan's vast Darfur region   because the government in Khartoum knows they can't back them   up with action, a leading British diplomat said on Friday.
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The US rebuffs UN chief Kofi Annan's assertion that the American-led invasion of Iraq was illegal.
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The UN Security Council failed to reach agreement last night on a US-sponsored resolution on Sudan. The draft resolution threatens oil sanctions against the Sudanese government over the conflict in Darfur.
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China is threatening to veto a revised US draft resolution that would consider UN sanctions against against Sudan&#39;s oil industry if Khartoum does not rein
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The US calls an emergency UN meeting after Sudan warns countries not to send peacekeepers to Darfur.
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The United States and others will consider imposing punitive measures on Sudan for its refusal to allow an international force into the devastated Darfur region, the State Department said on Tuesday.