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Article: First test for alliance is DarfurThe African Union may rise or fall on performance there
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- International Herald Tribune
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- November 29, 2004
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Somini Sengupta
International Herald Tribune
11-29-2004
Representatives of the African Union came here over the weekend to investigate an incident that it had hoped would not happen during its watch.Just after the dawn prayers were finished last Monday, rebels attacked this strategic town in North Darfur, killing nearly 30 police officers and pocking the government garrison with bullet holes. The government retaliated with airstrikes. People ran whatever way they could. Like so many others in Darfur, the town virtually emptied out.That familiar pattern a rebel attack, a government airstrike, the flight of civilians, a busy market town turning into a ghost town overnight was supposed to ...