NAIROBI — Yielding to international pressure, South Sudan announced Friday that it would withdraw its forces from the contested oil town of Heglig , backing down from a dispute that brought the newly independent nation closer to full-blown war with its neighbor Sudan. Read full article > >

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South Sudan to withdraw from disputed town

Recent attacks over the contested region of Heglig have spread to a number of areas along the border and beyond.

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Sudanese Clashes Are Followed by Fiery Words

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says South Sudan’s seizure of Heglig oil field in Sudan is illegal, and urges it to withdraw its forces immediately.

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South Sudan oil seizure ‘illegal’

Sudan’s president says his goal is to liberate South Sudan’s people from their government, as fears grow of an all-out war between the two countries.

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Sudan leader vows to ‘free’ South

Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of opening up a new front along the disputed border, raising fears of all-out war.

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‘New front’ in Sudan border clash

Sudan’s parliament votes unanimously to brand the government of South Sudan “an enemy” in the wake of the seizure of a disputed oil field.

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South Sudan branded ‘enemy’ state

Sudan’s parliament votes unanimously to brand the government of South Sudan “an enemy” in the wake of the seizure of a disputed oil field.

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South Sudan branded ‘enemy’ state

South Sudan says Sudan has bombed several places in its territory including a market in Bentiu.

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Khartoum ‘bombs’ South Sudan town

The Sudanese government says its forces are advancing towards the disputed border oil town of Heglig, held by South Sudan.

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Sudan troops ‘advance on Heglig’

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir says he will not withdraw troops from the Heglig oilfield on its disputed border with Sudan, despite international pressure.

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S Sudan defies UN withdrawal call

Sudan says its largest oil field, in a disputed border area, is now controlled by South Sudan’s army after two weeks of fighting.

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South Sudan ‘captures oil field’

WAU, South Sudan — Teresa Adut Akol’s new home is a small patch of concrete floor in a railway station outside this town. She shares the space with her eight children and stacks of their belongings, surrounded by dozens of other families whose return to South Sudan also has stalled here. Read full article > >

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Many South Sudanese unable to return home

The jet was one of a number of Sudanese warplanes bombing South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity State, a South Sudanese spokesman said, underlining a worry that a full-fledged war will break out.

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South Sudan Says It Downs Sudan Jet as Clashes Continue

The African Union says it is deeply concerned at recent border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan, amid reports of continuing air attacks.

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Forget what you learned in math class. In Washington, four can be greater than five. Take the recent move by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to designate NATO ally Turkey as a “country of particular concern” (CPC) — putting Turkey on a par with serious malefactors Burma, China, North Korea, Sudan, Uzbekistan and the other usual suspects. Read full article > >

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In federal panel’s vote on Turkey and religious freedom, four tops five