Sudan cuts ties to Chad as rebels hit Khartoum

                   
scotsman.com     12-May-2008            

SUDAN severed relations with Chad yesterday, accusing its western neighbour of supporting fighters who assaulted its capital, Khartoum. ... The Darfur civil war in western Sudan, in which hundreds of thousands have died in the past five years, escalated when one of the... [read full story]                    

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Sudan says rebel attack defeated

tiscali.co.uk     10-May-2008          

Darfur rebels fought Sudanese troops in a suburb of Khartoum on Saturday in a bid to seize power, but the government said the attack on the capital had been defeated. ... Heavy gunfire and artillery was heard in Omdurman, across the River Nile from the heart of Khartoum,...                    

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Darfur rebels poised to take Khartoum

independent.co.uk     11-May-2008          

The vicious conflict in Darfur suddenly came to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, yesterday, with fighting reported in the western suburbs of the city. ... A Darfur rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), claimed it had already taken the town of Omdurman, on...                    

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Darfur rebels poised to seize power in Sudan

scotsman.com     11-May-2008          

A DARFUR rebel commander said yesterday that his JEM group had entered Khartoum and was poised to take power in Sudan. ... Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels said they had taken control of Omdurman which lies on the opposite bank of the River Nile from Khartoum....                    

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Khartoum under curfew as 3,000 Darfur rebels advance on capital

guardian.co.uk     11-May-2008          

Rebels attack suburb of Khartoum prompting dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Sudanese capital ... Darfur rebels attacked a suburb of Khartoum yesterday, prompting a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Sudanese capital. The attack came after several days of fighting between the Justice...                    

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3,000 Darfur rebels advance on Khartoum

guardian.co.uk     11-May-2008          

3,000 rebels attack suburb of Sudanese capital prompting dusk-to-dawn curfew ... Darfur rebels attacked a suburb of Khartoum yesterday, prompting a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Sudanese capital. The attack came after several days of fighting between the Justice and Equality...                    

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Sudan extends Khartoum curfew indefinitely

tiscali.co.uk     11-May-2008          

Sudan has extended a curfew in Khartoum indefinitely on Sunday saying some Darfur rebels were still on the loose after attacking a western suburb of the capital, the governor of Khartoum said. ... "We have lots of wandering defeated fighters ... and we are chasing them...                    

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Sudan extends Khartoum curfew indefinitely

mirror.co.uk     11-May-2008          

Sudan has extended a curfew in Khartoum indefinitely on Sunday saying some Darfur rebels were still on the loose after attacking a western suburb of the capital, the governor of Khartoum said. ... "We have lots of wandering defeated fighters ... and we are chasing them...                    

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Sudan sanctions Chad after rebel attack on capital

euronews.net     11-May-2008          

After repelling an attack by Darfur rebels on Sudan's capital, Khartoum, the Sudanese government has broken off diplomatic ties with Chad whom it accuses of supporting... ... After repelling an attack by Darfur rebels on Sudan's capital, Khartoum, the Sudanese government...                    

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Sudan accuses Chad of involvement in rebel attack

euronews.net     11-May-2008          

There are renewed tensions between Sudan and Chad following an attack near the Sudanese capital Khartoum by Darfur rebels in an effort to seize power. ... Sudan earlier cut diplomatic relations with Chad claiming the rebel attack was supported by Chadian President Idriss...                    

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Sudan blames Chad for attack on capital

telegraph.co.uk     11-May-2008          

Heavy gunfire echoed across Khartoum on Sunday as Sudan's regime accused neighbouring Chad of masterminding a rebel assault on its capital. ... While Sudan has suffered years of civil war, this was the first heavy fighting near Khartoum for three decades. Gunmen from the...                    

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