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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council extended the mandate of peacekeepers in Eritrea and Ethiopia by four months Friday, and threatened to overhaul the mission if the two sides don't make progress toward demarcating their border.
Implicit in the warning was the possibility that the council could again cut the size of the force, or eliminate it completely, because of the stalemate.
In the resolution, which was adopted unanimously, the 15-nation council expressed regret that the two governments have been unable to agree on a border. Ethiopia has refused to implement an international commission's April 2002 ruling which awarded the key town of Badme to Eritrea.
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