101.  Al-Sudan al-Hadith also charged that Egypt gave financial support to a recent meeting of Sudanese opposition groups in the Eritrean capital Asmara.

102.  Authorities were hunting down student demonstrators in the Sudan after dispersing protests by other residents against water shortages and lengthy power outages, the Sudanese opposition said Saturday.

103.  Both countries, which admit sheltering Sudanese opposition forces, have denied any involvement in the fighting.

104.  But Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has also rejected any conciliation with the Sudanese opposition.

105.  But Eritrea, which shelters Sudanese opposition groups, rejected the accusations and warned it would do whatever was needed to protect itself.

106.  Eritrea is prepared to supply the Sudanese opposition with weapons if it makes a request, Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki said Monday in an interview published Monday.

107.  Egyptian police have arrested a Sudanese who planned to assassinate a Sudanese opposition leader in exile in Cairo by blowing up his cigar, police said on Sunday.

108.  Eritrea is prepared to supply the Sudanese opposition with weapons if it makes a request, Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki said in an interview published Monday.

109.  Ethiopia denied Friday that its forces had aided the Sudanese opposition in an cross-border offensive against the Islamic leadership in Khartoum.

110.  Eritrea accused Sudan of trying to destabilise the whole of Africa, while Sudan charged that Eritrea was currently hosting a meeting of Sudanese opposition groups.