based principles for talks, but leaves the main issues to be discussed in more detail on August 24 when African Union-sponsored negotiations resume. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than two million driven from their homes in Darfur since rebels took up arms in early 2003, accusing the government of neglect and of arming Arab militia to loot and burn non-Arab villages. Khartoum denies the claim. --SP 2339 Local Time 2039 GMT
