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New Darfur peacekeeping force takes over (AP)

African Union and United Nations flags fly at a ceremony at the new mission's headquarters outside the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, as the United Nations took partial control of the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. But the new mission lacks necessary equipment and is staffed far below its authorized level, with only 9,000 of a planned 26,000 peacekeepers, and many international observers fear it will prove as powerless as the AU force it replaced. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - A joint African-United Nations force took over peacekeeping duties in Darfur on Monday, a long-awaited change that is intended to be the strongest effort yet to solve the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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