Search for Darfur aid workers
/United Nations security officers are hunting for eight
aid workers missing in a rebel-controlled area of Darfur. The eight
were working for the Red Crescent and World Food Programme when they
disappeared on Saturday. The Sudanese government says they were
kidnapped by rebels of the Sudan Liberation Army; something aid
officials say they cannot confirm.UN officials are set to issue
findings on efforts to stop attacks that have exacerbated a
humanitarian crisis. The UN Security Council will meet on Thursday to
discuss whether to take action against the Sudanese government. The UN
had threatened measures if, by 30 August, the security situation in the
western region of Darfur had not improved and the militias, blamed for
killing civilians, had not been reined in. [more 
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