Guardian: Sudan and South Sudan close to war

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All-out war between Sudan and South Sudan has edged closer as warplanes bombed a large town in the South, destroying a street market, killing a boy and injuring 10 people.

Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, further ratcheted up the tension on Monday by suggesting the time for talking is over, leaving only "the language of the gun and ammunition".


Weeks of fighting have brought the neighbours to the brink less than a year after South Sudan gained independence. On Monday the European Union joined the United States and African Union in urging restraint.

Such pleas seemed increasingly hopeless as Sudanese MiG 29 jets bombed an area near Bentiu in South Sudan, according to officials and witnesses.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/23/sudan-south-sudan-war-close

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