Sudan: 70 troops believed killed, 120 missing in attack

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

JUBA, Sudan -- Seventy northern Sudanese troops were killed and more than 120 are missing from an attack last week by southern Sudanese forces near the disputed region of Abyei, a Sudanese diplomat said Tuesday, describing a toll that if verified marks one of the bloodiest clashes since the end of Sudan's civil war.

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