West ups calls on Sudan to accept Darfur troops
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The United States and the European  Union stepped up calls on Friday for Sudan to let international  troops in to support African Union forces in Darfur amid  growing talk of sanctions on Khartoum.
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French President Jacques Chirac has opened a French-African summit with a call for Sudan to accept an international peacekeeping force in war-torn western Darfur region.Comment
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Sudan has accepted a United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force of up to 23,000 troops and police for Darfur but some U.N. diplomats fear conditions may be attached.
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LONDON : British Prime Minister Tony Blair has ordered the military to prepare to deploy up to 3,000 soldiers to the conflict-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, the Independent on Sunday reports.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Western countries on Wednesday to finance, train and equip African peacekeeping troops so they could intervene to end conflicts on the continent like the one in Sudan's Darfur.
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The international community should consider all options &#151; including military intervention &#151; as it mulls how to deal with Sudan's rejection of a U.N. peacekeeping force for war-ravaged Darfur, a top British official said Monday.
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The United States pressed Sudan on   Monday to accept a U.N. force in its troubled Darfur region, as   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Khartoum its military   bombardment of the region was illegal.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw urged Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir to heed growing international calls for swift action on the crisis in the war-torn region of Darfur as a United Nations deadline for Khartoum to comply or face sanctions approaches.
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The European Union is likely to  announce a contribution of more than 100 million euros to an  African Union force in Darfur, amid calls for extra AU soldiers  to be deployed in Sudan's troubled region.
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The United States and Denmark sought   on Friday to increase world pressure on Sudan to accept U.N.   peacekeepers in war-torn Darfur, warning that time was running   out as Khartoum launched a new offensive there.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Monday the United Nations should send a peacekeeping force to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan as soon as possible without further delay.
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The US envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, called on Saturday for Libya to help convince Khartoum to accept a UN force for its war-torn western region of Darfur.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The government yesterday scorned Western threats to use sanctions and no-fly zones to pressure Sudan into accepting UN peacekeepers in Darfur, saying harsh measures would not end the violence there.
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A main rebel group in Darfur has called for the war-torn region of west Sudan to be placed under international protection, in a letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a copy of which was faxed to AFP.
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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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ADDIS ABABA - One third of troop reinforcements taking part in an expanded African Union peacekeeping force have arrived in Sudan&#39;s western region of Darfur, the pan-African body said.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on Khartoum to comply with U.N. demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.