Sudan Stalemate: North and south Sudan to start Abyei talks!

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By Jeremy Clarke and Alex Dziadosz | Reuters – 2 hours 31 minutes ago

JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Northern and southern Sudanese representatives will meet on Saturday to try to defuse tensions over the disputed Abyei region, officials said, with just six weeks left before the south is set to secede.

Northern Sudanese armed forces seized the disputed Abyei region last week, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and raising fears the north and south could return to full-blown conflict. The move drew sharp international criticism.

Abyei was a major battleground in Sudan's last civil war and has symbolic importance for both sides. The region is used all year by the south-linked Dinka Ngok people and for part of the year by northern Arab Misseriya nomads.

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Sudan Crisis: Thousands flee Sudan's Abyei as militias move south!

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By Ulf Laessing and Jeremy Clarke

KHARTOUM/JUBA | Wed May 25, 2011 10:53am EDT.

(Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people fled as north Sudanese militias accused of helping seize the contested Abyei border region over the weekend moved further south, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Armed groups, thought to be northern militias, also opened fire on four U.N. helicopters in Abyei on Tuesday, a U.N. spokeswoman said.

North Sudan sent tanks into Abyei, a central, oil-producing region claimed by north and south Sudan, on Saturday, sparking international outrage and accusations of war crimes by south Sudan.