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...relentless Crimson offensive assault, which finished the game with 50 shots on goal, would eventually break through for an insurance goal...
...deploying European peacekeeping forces in Darfur. In fact, the rebels forces seeking to oust Déby entered Chad from Sudan, and are widely seen as a proxy force for the Sudanese government, which has openly supported their attempt to oust Déby. The timing of the rebel assault is also widely seen as an attempt to frustrate international efforts to intervene in Darfur...
...approving outside military intervention after Russia objected. Still, Sarkozy used that vote as a basis for his warning to rebels on Tuesday. Though France would clearly need U.N. approval to intervene, Sarkozy suggests that Monday's vote made such clearance only logical should the rebels launch a new assault on N'Djamena. "The French Army isn't there to confront anyone with arms, but now a unanimous legal decision has been made by the Security Council," Sarkozy said, indicating his belief that the U.N. would favor its enforcement if defied...
Opponents of an apology said most of the allegedly stolen children had in fact been abandoned or taken in for their own protection from assault, sexual abuse and neglect. "People involved in the removal of children genuinely believed they were doing the right thing," the nonprofit group Reconciliation Australia counter-argued in a statement. "But as we know now, they were...
Olmert and his generals were most vulnerable to criticism of their decisions during the conflict's final 60 hours. While the United Nations was hammering out the last details of a truce, the prime minister approved a major ground assault into southern Lebanon in which 34 Israeli soldiers died and few, if any, lasting gains were made on the battlefield. The report blamed the politicians and the top brass of "equivocation" which "hurt Israel" by dithering over whether to launch the ground attack or seek a political end the war. Nevertheless, the report stated: "The goals of the ground operation...