Sudan: Fighting resumes between army and former southern rebels in oil-rich town of Abyei
                   
iht.com     May 20, 2008            

Sudanese soldiers battled former southern rebels Tuesday in the oil-rich region of Abyei despite a five-day old cease-fire, U.N. and southern officials said. Clashes erupted there last week between Sudan's Arab-dominated army and the Sudan People's Liberation Army, an ethnic African militia —... [read full story]                

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