Senior United Nations diplomats will seek to persuade Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s government on Tuesday to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force in the western Darfur region. Despite a peace deal signed by the government and the main Darfur rebel group on May 5, dozens have been killed in clashes between rebels and government-armed Arab militias. An African Union (AU) peacekeeping force is cash-strapped and ill-equipped. Full Story