Sarkozy opens Darfur meeting, says ‘silence kills’
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"Saying ‘silence kills’, French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged delegates to a meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur on Monday to find a way to stop the violence ravaging Sudan’s vast west.
France gathered senior officials from more than a dozen countries at a Paris meeting aimed at galvanizing international efforts to stabilise the western Sudanese region, where the United States has declared that genocide has taken place.
Sudan, which did not attend the meeting, agreed earlier this month to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police but many diplomats doubt it will keep its word."
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