begins deploying a contingent of 237 troops to Darfur , Sudan , as part of an African Union mission to bring stability to the troubled region. Sixty-five soldiers have been sent this weekend; the rest will be deployed as the week progresses. Rwanda already had some troops in Darfur. (CNN)
Shia workers are killed and eight wounded in a rocket attack on a hotel in the predominantly Sunni city of Tikrit . (Reuters)
