Sudan Summons US Envoy to Protest Darfur Sanctions Draft Resolution

Sudan's Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires in Khartoum on Wednesday over Washington's sponsorship of a draft U.N. Security Council resolution extending sanctions related to the Darfur conflict and adding restrictions on gold mining, Sudan's main source of income. A 2005 Security Council resolution placed a travel ban and asset freeze on those "impeding the peace process" in Darfur and established the U.N. panel of experts  mandated to...

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