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UN panel denounces Darfur arms violations
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. panel says the Sudanese government and rebel groups in Darfur have flagrantly violated a U.N. arms embargo and have chosen a military solution to the conflict over peace talks.
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In a 93-page report to the U.N. Security Council released Tuesday, the panel painted a grim picture of combatants stepping up the violence in Darfur and expanding their attacks elsewhere in Sudan and across the border into Chad.
The panel said the new U.N.-African Union force, which took over peacekeeping in January, so far been incapable of defending itself or the civilian population of Darfur, or fulfilling its obligations to monitor the arms embargo.
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