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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The chairman of the African Union Commission expressed "deep regret" Thursday that two rebel groups rejected the peace agreement for Sudan's Darfur region and said those who do not sign on could face sanctions.
The AU, which has a peacekeeping force in Darfur and has mediated in the three-year-old conflict, held another session of talks Thursday with the holdout factions that have refused to sign the May 5 peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the main rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army.
The AU urged the groups to sign the accord, "failing which it would consider measures, including sanctions, to be applied against the leadership and members of the concerned groups," Commission Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare said in a statement.
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