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07/29/2004:

"Britain should stay out of Sudan"

There is a humanitarian crisis of immense proportions taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan, described by the United Nations as "the world's worst". The Sudanese government needs urgent help from the international community to resolve it but rejects all suggestions of intervention by foreign forces.

Last Thursday, Congress passed a resolution labelling the crisis "genocide" while urging the United States administration to take the same view. Both the US and the EU are mulling over whether or not to impose sanctions on Khartoum after a US-led resolution threatening the oil-producing country with sanctions was vetoed by Russia and China.

Full Article : aljazeerah.info