Darfur Rebels Say Power Deal First, Disarming Later
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur  region Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their  fighters to their bases before a political solution to the  conflict.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur  region Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their  fighters to their bases before a political solution to the  conflict is found.
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SIRTE, Libya - Sudan's government declared an immediate unilateral cease-fire as Darfur peace talks opened yesterday, but one rebel leader voiced doubts about Khartoum's move, saying it had failed to honor such promises in the past.
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Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region  Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their fighters to  their bases before a political solution to the conflict is  found and implemented.
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Sudan said peace talks with Darfur rebels  ended without agreement Friday and accused the United States of  stiffening rebel resolve to avoid compromise during the three  week negotiations.
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The Sudanese government on Thursday  accused rebels in the western Darfur region of planning an  offensive to coincide with a peace deal that will end more than  two decades of civil war in the country's south.
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Darfur rebels view Sudan's acceptance of a joint African Union-U.N. peacekeeping force with suspicion, and insist the United Nations should have overall command and control, an unresolved part of the deal.
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Rebel commanders in the Darfur region of western Sudan urged the founder of their movement on Friday to take part in negotiations on ending four and a half years of conflict in Darfur.
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East Timor rebel soldiers surrendered the first of their weapons to Australian peacekeepers Friday, beginning a process deemed vital to ending months of bloody unrest.
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A Darfur rebel group said it seized control of a Sudanese army base in neighboring Kordofan province on Wednesday.
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Sudanese peace talks began under a cloud  on Monday as Khartoum rejected a plan for African troops to  disarm rebels in the war-torn Darfur region.
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One of the biggest Darfur rebel factions said on Thursday it would respect a cease-fire and was ready to resume peace talks with Sudan's government to try to halt violence in the region that has killed some 200,000 people.
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DERIBAT, Sudan  - Darfur rebels from the Sudan  Liberation Army (SLA) handed over 20 prisoners of war to the  African Union (AU) on Tuesday in a move the rebels said was in  line with peace deals they signed with Khartoum last week.
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SIRTE, Libya  - Sudan's government and some rebel groups began talks in Libya on Saturday to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in Darfur, but the absence of key rebels cast doubt on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudanese government and rebels delegates met today for talks to resolve the crisis in western Darfur a week before a UN deadline expires for the government to disarm the mostly Arab pro-government militias terrorizing the region.
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Sudan's government committed to a cease-fire in Darfur at the start of peace talks Saturday, but mediators and journalists outnumbered the few rebels who did not boycott the U.N.-sponsored negotiations, reducing hopes for an end to the fighting.
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The Sudanese government and two rebel groups from the war torn region of Darfur signed two accords to demilitarize their conflict and ensure the safety of 1.5 million displaced people.