11.   Hundreds of Nigerian pilgrims are stranded at Jiddah international airport because Sudanese authorities would not allow their flights home through its airspace, officials said Friday.

12.   Sudanese authorities confiscated editions of two independent newspapers Saturday.

13.   Sudanese authorities have arrested several people, mostly journalists, on suspicion of links to foreign intelligence, a daily newspaper reported Friday.

14.   Sudanese authorities have banned an independent newspaper from publication for two days as punishment for criticizing the government, Al-Usbou daily reported Tuesday.

15.   Sudanese authorities have said the suspects are not in Sudan.

16.   Sudanese authorities were unavailable for comment Monday.

17.   Sudanese authorities have routinely denied allegations of human rights abuses.

18.   Sudanese authorities accused Stewart of carrying documents they said he intended to pass on to rebels.

19.   Sudanese authorities have warned people downstream of the flooding to be ready to move on short notice, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socities.

20.   Sudanese government spokesman Ghazi Salah el-Din Atabani said Sudanese authorities had assured the hijackers they would be treated fairly and would not be sent back to Ethiopia.