Annan upset by Darfur devastation

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UN chief Kofi Annan has called for rapid action to end violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, during a visit he described as "heart-wrenching". Thousands greeted the secretary general as he toured a refugee camp and a burnt-out town that survivors said was bombed by the government... Mr Annan visited the Kalma refugee camp, near the town of Nyala, which is home to 120,000 people. Tribal leaders told him that in recent months 56 people had been killed in the camp and 580 women had been sexually assaulted. They blamed the attacks on Arab pro-government militias and Sudanese police.