1.   Emirates President Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan offered to mediate after rebels seized a strip of land along the Ethiopian border.

2.   Former rebel leader Riak Machar says his troops will join the government in fighting his onetime allies who have seized a strip of territory in eastern Sudan.

3.   Former rebel leader Riak Machar says his troops will join the government in fighting his onetime colleagues who have seized a strip in eastern Sudan.

4.   Rebels seized a strip of land along the Ethiopian border in January and have made gains in southern Sudan in recent days.

5.   Sudan has accused neighboring Eritrea and Ethiopia of deploying their soldiers across the border to help rebels seize a strip of land along the Blue Nile.

6.   The move to try the opposition leaders comes after rebel forces earlier this year seized a strip of territory in southeastern Sudan.

7.   These militias and Zairean government troops are now fighting Zairean Tutsi rebels who have seized a strip of land in eastern Zaire.