Sudan asks Security Council for reasonable action on Darfur crisis
In Al-Fasher Sudan appeals to the United Nations Security Council as a 30 day deadline nears. Villagers flee Arab militia abuses and Sudanese forces continue bombing. U.S. officials weigh sanctions while Nigerian troops join an African Union mission monitoring a fragile ceasefire.
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Associated Press
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U.S. State Department
African Union
Kofi Annan
United States
Ismail
Constance Berry Newman
U.S
French hostages plead to reverse scarf ban to save lives
In a late night Al Jazeera video, hostage Georges Malbrunot appeals to French voters to protest publicly as their lives are threatened, while Christian Chesnot urges Chirac to rescind the headscarf ban. France earlier vowed the law would stand, despite the militants’ 48 hour deadline and international appeals.
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al- Jazeera
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Christian Chesnot
Chirac
Islam Army
Italy
Al-Jazeera
Jean-Francois Cope
Islamic Army of Iraq
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Middle East
Al Sadr calls on militiamen to halt fighting in Iraq
Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr urged followers across Iraq to end clashes with U S and Iraqi forces and to pursue political involvement in coming days. Oil exports halted after insurgent attacks on Basra and other facilities as prices edge up before market open.
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IBM seeks Swiss supreme court block of Holocaust suit
IBM asked Switzerland's Federal Tribunal to overturn a Geneva court ruling allowing a Gypsy-led lawsuit claiming IBM punch-card machines aided Nazi mass murder. The Gypsy group alleges IBM's Geneva office served as a trade hub with the Nazis. IBM denies responsibility and did not comment on pending litigation.
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