<span style="color: #222222;">The United States, Britain and Norway have called for a swift agreement between Sudanese protesters and generals on installing civilian rule. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to a joint statement released last night, they said, it would be harder for them to work with any other new authority.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Talks between protest leaders and army generals who seized power after ousting longtime leader Omar al-Bashir last month have stopped since late Monday following disagreement about who should lead a new ruling body — a civilian or a soldier.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Sudanese protest leaders are now preparing plans to call for a general strike to build pressure on the generals to cede power.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The ruling military council has been pushing for its chairman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to head the new sovereign body but protest leaders want a civilian.</span><br />''