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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Darfur's nomadic Arabs, some of them part of the feared janjaweed militia implicated in atrocities against civilians, have turned on each other in clashes that reportedly killed dozens this week.
Arab tribal fighting, increasing since last fall, may add to the difficulties facing a force of 26,000 U.N. peacekeepers who are expected to deploy to Darfur by the end of December. The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday authorized the peacekeepers to try to stop the bloodshed in the Sudanese region, where most of the violence has raged between Arabs and ethnic Africans.
The rival Arab tribes are believed to be battling over land in southern Darfur, some of it left behind by ethnic Africans who fled janjaweed attacks in the region. Sudan's government, which has led over a dozen reconciliation efforts between the tribes, denied on Thursday that the violence was getting out of hand.
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