71.   Sudanese rebels on Sunday released three Red Cross workers they had held captive for five weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday.

72.   Sudanese rebels said Friday they captured a strategic bridge across the Bo River, halfway between the towns of Wau and Tambura in southwestern Sudan.

73.   Sudanese rebels said Thursday they had captured the garrison town of Liria, which is near the southern provincial capital of Juba.

74.   Southern Sudanese rebels are believed to receive support from Ethiopia and Eritrea, as well as Uganda.

75.   Southern Sudanese rebels said Wednesday that Sudanese government soldiers attacked a rebel garrison in the Nuba Mountains, violating a recent cease-fire agreement for the isolated region.

76.   Sudan accuses Uganda of assisting Sudanese rebels.

77.   Sudan has accused Eritrea of aiding Sudanese rebels in the south and of deploying troops in their ranks.

78.   Sudan has also accused its neighbor to the east, Ethiopia, of helping Sudanese rebels.

79.   Sudan has denied allegations that Iran sent arms to the country after Sudanese rebels made gains against government forces in the east and southeast.

80.   Sudan has often accused Eritrea of aiding Sudanese rebels in the south and of deploying troops in their ranks.