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  UN sets deadline for Sudan action
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News DateFriday, July 30, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe UN Security Council has warned the Sudan government that it must halt atrocities by Arab militias in the western Darfur region within 30 days.

A US-drafted resolution demanding that Khartoum disarm the fighters was passed with two abstentions.

The vote was only passed after the US dropped the word "sanctions" in exchange for the threat of economic and diplomatic "measures".
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