World powers press Sudan on Darfur U.N. force

By Ingrid Melander

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Sudan resisted world powers' pressure on Tuesday to accept a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur to replace an African Union force that has been unable to stem violence that Washington calls genocide.

But after a donors' conference in Brussels involving the United Nations, the United States and Sudan, the EU's foreign policy chief expressed hope that Khartoum might be closer to accepting a U.N. peace force. Read more >>>