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France, Britain push for quick U.N. move on Darfur - Yahoo! News

PARIS (Reuters) - Britain and France said on Friday they would push for the U.N. Security Council to quickly authorise thousands of troops and police for Darfur and told Khartoum to act fast on the crisis or face more sanctions.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told a news conference they would dispatch their foreign ministers to U.N. headquarters in New York to pressure the council's disputing members into reaching an agreement fast.

"We cannot wait another month before the resolution is passed by the United Nations and we cannot wait more months before we see action on the ground that makes the situation better today than it has been for the last few years," Brown told reporters after their first meeting since taking office.

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