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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sudan's president reached an agreement to work out U.N. support for African peacekeepers in the war-torn region of Darfur and to boost the beleaguered peace accord, the Arab League said Thursday.
But it appeared U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was unable to win President Omar al-Bashir's acceptance of a U.N. force in Darfur during talks on the sidelines of an Arab League summit in the Saudi capital.
Hours before the meeting, al-Bashir sharply rejected any U.N. deployment in a speech to the summit, repeating his stance that the U.N. role must be limited to logistical and financial help for African Union peacekeepers in Darfur.
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