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September 27, 2006
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The U.S. Congress passed a Darfur accountability act. The final version of the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, which passed its final vote Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives, expands humanitarian assistance in the Sudanese region where government-allied militias have massacred hundreds of thousands of people and toughens sanctions against Sudanese officials believed to be involved in the massacres. The bill now goes to the White House for signing.

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