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Two Darfur rebel groups at peace talks with the Sudanese government in Nigeria refused to take part in any further discussions until Khartoum stopped attacking their forces, rebel delegates said on Monday. The African Union, which had been mediating in the talks in the Nigerian capital, had accused both sides of increasingly frequent ceasefire violations in the western Sudanese region where 1.6 million people have been driven from their homes.