Sudan rejects ceasefire ultimatum
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SUDAN rejected an African Union (AU) demand today that it pull back its forces from positions seized during its latest two-week-old offensive against rebels in the Darfur region, pushing peace talks to the brink of collapse.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has refused to accept an interim U.N. plan to bolster African troops in Darfur, calling for more negotiations despite an earlier agreement in principle.
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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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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Friday his government was willing to observe a ceasefire in Darfur from the start of peace talks next month.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Friday his government was willing to observe a ceasefire in Darfur from the start of peace talks with the rebels next month.
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A Darfur rebel group will not return to  African Union-sponsored peace talks in the Nigerian capital  Abuja and is rejecting the pan-African body as mediator to end  the 22-month-old conflict in Sudan's remote west.
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ABUJA, nigeriaâAs the UN ultimatum for Sudan to disarm murderous militias ticked down to today&#39;s deadline, peace talks resumed between the Sudanese government and the rebel groups who accuse it of backing the militia attacks.
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A five-way African summit rejected non-African interference in Sudan&#39;s war-torn province of Darfur, opting for a strictly African solution.
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The Sudanese government agreed to stop military operations in Darfur yesterday, several hours after a ceasefire deadline expired. &quot;We will inform our forces in Darfur immediately to stop any fighting,&quot; the
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Sudan on Wednesday rejected a  U.S.-sponsored U.N. Security Council draft resolution to punish  it over a conflict in its western Darfur region, saying the  measure was unfair and lacked balance.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - Darfur's two main rebel groups will not attend U.N.-African Union mediated peace talks in Libya, their leaders said on Friday, dashing any chance of an immediate deal to end 4-1/2 years of war in western Sudan.
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Sudan has formally rejected an international conference on Darfur to be held in Paris this month because it was not consulted beforehand, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - Sudan on Sunday said it rejected part of a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would give joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping troops the right to use force in their Darfur mission.
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EL-FASHER, Sudan  - Darfur's two main rebel groups will not attend U.N.-African Union mediated peace talks in Libya, their leaders said on Friday, dashing any chance of an immediate peace deal to end 4-1/2 years of war in western Sudan.
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Sudan will ignore a UN Security Council deadline to end militia attacks in Darfur by the end of the month and instead resolve the crisis through African Union peace talks, Khartoum's chief negotiator said.
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The Sudanese government will stop its military operations in the Darfur conflict zone in west Sudan if rebels in the area stop violating a ceasefire deal, a top official in Sudan&#39;s ruling party said on Thursday.
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Darfur's two main rebel groups  will not attend U.N.-African Union mediated peace talks in  Libya, their leaders said on Friday, dashing any chance of an  immediate deal to end 4-1/2 years of war in western Sudan.