Sudan close to scuttling U.N. troop deal on Darfur
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has contested U.N. plans for military deployment in Darfur, according to a letter circulated on Friday.
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UNITED NATIONS - A resolution approved Saturday by the UN Security Council says Sudan could face sanctions unless the country acts quickly to stop the deadly violence in Darfur by Arab militias.
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The United States is expected to  distribute on Tuesday a revised version of its U.N. resolution  on Sudan, but retain a threat of sanctions if Khartoum does not  stop atrocities in its Darfur region, diplomats said.
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A U.S.-British draft resolution introduced Thursday would transfer peacekeeping in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region from the African Union to a much larger U.N. force despite strong oppositon from Sudan.
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The warnings from the United Nations, Europe and the U.S. are dire: The war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan is headed toward disaster, and Sudan's government must allow in peacekeepers to prevent it.
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The African Union has objected to a proposal for a 23,000-strong AU-U.N. force to help end the bloodshed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because it would give the United Nations command and control, U.N. diplomats said Friday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon on Wednesday called Sudan&#39;s agreement on a large force  for Darfur &quot;a milestone,&quot; but U.N. envoys acknowledged  challenges on command structures and finding enough troops.
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The U.N. Security Council is expected to authorize up to 26,000 troops and police for Darfur but implementation will take months providing the world body finds enough personnel and Sudan cooperates.
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Days before a UN deadline for Sudan to disarm and prosecute those responsible for violence in the country&#39;s Darfur region, nations are looking to the African Union
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A U.S.-backed United Nations resolution threatening oil sanctions for the violence in Sudan's Darfur region will only make it harder for the government to calm the insurrection there, a Sudanese official said Sunday.
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The United Nations is optimistic Sudan will stick to an accord on a U.N.-African Union force for troubled Darfur, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Wednesday, but some diplomats feared Khartoum had set conditions.
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Sudanese president Omar al-Beshir's reply to a UN request to deploy UN peacekeepers in strife-torn Darfur &quot;seems to challenge&quot; an agreement reached last November, a UN spokeswoman said Friday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday Darfur was close to a catastrophe, as the United States sought to rebuke Sudan for trying to scare off potential U.N. troop contributors.
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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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U.N. Security Council ambassadors  will seek confirmation of a deal for a boosted Darfur  peacekeeping force when they meet Sudanese President Omar  Hassan al-Bashir in Khartoum on Sunday.
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The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Thursday that would give the United Nations authority over peacekeepers in Darfur as soon as Sudan's government gives its consent &#151; which it has so far refused to do.
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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.