Sudan: Date for Darfur peace talks set

Sudan and Darfur rebels will hold talks on October 27 in Libya to push for peace ahead of the expected deployment of a 26,000-strong peace force in Darfur, a U.N.-Sudanese government statement said on Thursday. The statement said the United Nations "expresses the hope that parties will cooperate fully" with U.N. and African Union (AU) mediators.