11.   Sudan has always denied supporting Ugandan rebels, but last month reporters saw Ugandan insurgents among Sudanese troops who were captured by the rebels early March.

12.   Sudanese troops are chasing Ugandan and Eritrean forces out of Sudan after crushing them in battles in the south of the country, the interior minister said.

13.   Sudanese troops destroyed two tanks and inflicted heavy casualties but the statement did not give specific numbers.

14.   Sudanese troops have been on a high state of preparedness following accusations that Khartoum was behind the recent assassination attempt on Egyptian President Mubarak.

15.   Sudanese troops have defeated a rebel attack in southern Sudan, a military statement said Saturday.

16.   Sudanese troops have recaptured a small Red Sea port from rebels, the official news agency says.

17.   Sudanese troops repulsed the attack, killing a number of Eritrean soldiers and seizing artillery, ammunition and food, the statement added.

18.   Sudanese troops repulsed the Eritrean attack last week on five places and captured a number of weapons, the armed forces spokesman, Gen. Abdel Rahman Sirulkhatim, said.

19.   Sudanese troops typically speak Arabic.

20.   Sudanese troops destroyed two tanks and inflicted heavy casualties, but the statement did not give specific numbers.