Reuters – President Barack Obama will attend a U.N. summit on Sudan this month, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as they stepped up a bid to head off conflict there before a referendum that could split the African nation.

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Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama will attend a U.N.-organized summit on Sudan on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly on September 24, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Wednesday.

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Obama to attend U.N. Sudan meeting September 24
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