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The government of Sudan says it will ask the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur to leave the country when its current mandate is completed at the end of this month. The decision comes just days after H rejected the United Nations resolution calling for the replacement of the AU troops with UN peacekeepers. With more details, here is Marker Sailbert.

Sudanese state media say that the decision to ask the African peacekeepers to leave Darfur have been taking by the council of ministers during a meeting chaired by President OB. The reports said the Sudanese army will take responsibility for security in Darfur after the AU troops had left. The desicion comes just days after President B rejected the deployment of 20, 000 United Nations peacekeepers in the region , saying it would violate Sudan's sovereignty. Meanwhile, the African Union force confirmed reports of continuing fighting in northern Darfur. The fighting began a week ago when the government launched a new offensive against one of the rebel groups that it did not signed a peace deal broken by the African Union in May.

The NATO-led force in Afghanistan has launched a major offensive against insurgent fighters near Kandahar in the South. A NATO spokesman said there were indications up to 200 Taliban fighters were killed although the Afghan military authority has put the number of the dead less than 90. Defense Ministry officials confirmed that there had also been a number of Afghan civilian casualties. NATO said 4 of its soldiers were killed in the attack which began 2 days ago.

A United States army investigator has recommended that 4 US soldiers face charges of murder conspiracy of the deaths of 3 Iraqi detainees in Iraq. The soldiers have admitted the killing the 3 Iraqis during a raid at the chemical complex last May. But they insisted they acted in self-defense after the detainees tried to escape. Reporting from Washington, SM.

The soldiers are all members of the 101st air bombed division. They say they believe their lives were in jeopardy after 3 prisoners used a hidden knife to cut of handle cuffs and tried to snatch their weapons after a raid on an island near Somora. But reporting into the case by the army investigating officers J made after a hearing in Iraq last month says that the soldier should be charged with murdering the detainees and if being convicted they should face the death penalty.

Thousands of Mexicans have again turned out at the rally in support of the leftwing candidate who claims he was cheated a victory in the recent presidential election. And * who had spent the past 5 weeks sleeping in an tent in central Mexico City in protest of the result told his supporters that a small group of privilege people were trying to kidnap the country's institutions. He said he had right to try changing the government and challenge the new president.

It hasn't been easy to face the imposition but we will be more dangerous and more harmful for all Mexicans to not allow them to choose freely who should governed the land that is the people's right. I reiterate it this is not a personal issue. It's a collective cause.

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There has been an explosion at an open air cafe in the town near C, Turkey, killing 2 people. Turkish media said remote-controlled bomb was detonated as police arrived to investigate suspicious package. One of the 2 people killed was a police officer. At least 7 others were wounded. The incident comes a few days after a spate of bombings in Kurdish monitoring resorts which left 3 people dead and many others injured. The Kurdish separatist group / the Kurdistan Freedom Falcon said it carried out the earlier attacks.

One of the most colorful characters in tennis, the 8 times Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi, has bound out of the professional game after losing in the third round of the US Open to Germanys Benjamin Becker by 3 sets to 1. Agassi, who is 36, broke down into tears as he blew his famous kisses to the crowd and thank them for their support. Here's our sports correspondent M.

Andre Agassi ripped up his career in the sunshine of flushing metals in New York, having given his all in an attempt to prolong his remarkable career by just 1 more day. It brought floods of tears from Agassi and a standing invasion from the crowd. He's been a center of tension in tennis since he burst upon the scene into late 80s with wild hair, outspoken opinions and a thrilling commitment to the game. He went on to win everything. 8 Grand Slam titles came his way and he's one of only 5 players to win all four of tennis's major events.

Spanish officials are battling to reduce the impact of highly toxic chemical spill into the O River in the northwestern region of G. A fire at the chemical plant caused the spill. The three kilometers slake is slowly heading toward Italy s *, killing fishing plants in its path. Two shellfish banks at the mounth of the river were closed and around 80, 000 residents have been told not to use tap water. Correspondents say the spill is further blowed into in region which has been recently ravished by forest fires.

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