Rice: U.S. pushing for sanctions against Sudan

Khartoum has rejected proposal to send 3,000 peacekeepers to Darfur

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that the United States is pressing other countries to apply sanctions against Sudan to pressure Khartoum to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Darfur region.
Rice expressed frustration at the international response to calls for sanctions.
“I am somewhat disappointed that some in the U.N. have already said that they are unwilling to think about sanctions,” she aid................