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7 Peacekeepers Killed In Darfur Ambush

by Gwen Thompkins, NPR
July 9, 2008

Seven peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force have been killed and 22 wounded in an attack in Sudan's Darfur region. The peacekeepers were killed when their unit was ambushed by more than 200 gunmen on Tuesday.

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