Sudan Backs Away From U.N. Plan
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UNITED NATIONS, March 13 -- Sudan's president has rejected the core elements of a plan to send U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur to help protect civilians from a government-backed campaign of violence.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the 15-nation Security Council had to take new decisions urgently to curb escalating violence in Darfur and rejected a US suggestion he travel to Sudan.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan  al-Bashir dismissed criticism by the U.N. secretary-general on  Friday, saying the world body was making unreasonable demands  and turning a blind eye to the activities of Darfur rebels.
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Sudan is opposed to the unlimited  extension of African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops in Darfur,  a Sudanese official said on Monday.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir  said on Saturday he did not want a U.N. peacekeeping force in  Darfur under any circumstances.
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Sudan's government on Saturday ruled out discussion of an African Union proposal to send peacekeepers into the conflict-ridden Darfur region during the latest peace talks with rebels.
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Sudan accused a United Nations panel of bias and moved Tuesday to block the U.N. Human Rights Council from considering its report accusing the government of orchestrating attacks against civilians in Darfur.
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Arab nations and Muslim groups have rejected any move to impose sanctions on Sudan, where UN officials say Arab militias responsible for atrocities against Africans
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir   said on Saturday he did not want a U.N. peacekeeping force in   Darfur under any circumstances.
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The U.N. chief in Sudan said Thursday the government is unlikely to let U.N. peacekeepers in the country anytime soon, and the international community should instead push for the African Union force to remain in the war-torn region indefinitely.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan  al-Bashir has turned down a proposed U.N. role in the peace  mission in Darfur, opposed a large increase of troops and  asserted that the crisis there has been exaggerated.
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Sudan's foreign minister rejected  Wednesday a revised U.N. Security Council draft resolution  threatening to consider sanctions on Sudan and said it had  complicated talks on Darfur between rebels and Khartoum.
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Sudan's government denies warning African and Arab countries not to send peacekeepers to Darfur.
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Sudan refused to arrest those responsible for atrocities in Darfur, and rebels intensified attacks against police forces, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.
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Sudan dismissed on Thursday British  Prime Minister Tony Blair's threats of sanctions and a "no-fly  zone" over Darfur and said it welcomed a U.N. mission in the  region "as long as it reflects the reality on the ground."
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Sudan on Monday rebuffed a French  initiative to host a meeting of key nations to find a solution  to Sudan&#39;s war-torn Darfur region on June 25, saying the timing  was not right.
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Sudan said it remains open to talks with the international community after UN chief Kofi Annan warned its leaders could be held to account over the rejection of UN peacekeepers for Darfur.