21.   Sudanese troops have defeated a rebel attack, capturing two tanks, in southern Sudan, a military statement said here Saturday.

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

23.   There are unconfirmed reports that Chadian and Sudanese troops are involved in the defense of Kindu.

24.   There are unconfirmed reports that Chadian and Sudanese troops are involved in defending Kindu.

25.   They were captured together with retreating Sudanese troops early last month.

26.   Ugandan rebels fought alongside Sudanese troops trying to fend off Sudanese rebels last week, a captured Sudanese army colonel told The Associated Press on Thursday.

27.   Halaib was the scene of clashes between Egyptian and Sudanese troops in late June in which Khartoum said two of its policemen and an army officer were killed.

28.   He said Sudanese troops, who have been battling a rebel offensive in eastern Sudan for three months, had pushed back the Eritrean forces.

29.   Ethiopia on Thursday denied claims its soldiers had attacked Sudanese troops along the border between the two countries.

30.   Egyptian soldiers in the disputed Halaib region are blocking water and medical supplies from reaching Sudanese troops in the area, a pro-government newspaper charged Wednesday.