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UN vote OKs Darfur peacekeeping, but US abstains (AP)

 

Published 8/1/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AP - The U.N. Security Council approved another year of peacekeeping in Sudan's bloodied Darfur region Thursday night, but the U.S. abstained from a vote that reflected sharp divisions over genocide charges against the Sudanese president. (link)

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