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Darfur RefugeesUN joins forces in Darfur

Steven Edwards
National Post

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

United Nations • After months of wrangling, the United Nations agreed yesterday to send 19,000 peacekeepers to Darfur to join an African Union force that has been unable to quell the violence.

The move came after an impassioned speech by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about Western-led efforts to bring peace to the region - and his idea for a new global commitment to end world poverty.