41.  Yemen said Eritrean forces broke a truce Monday and captured a strategic Red Sea island claimed by both countries.

42.  Zalambessa has been a front since June, when Eritrean forces took control shortly after the start of fighting.

43.  Zalambessa has been a front since June, when Eritrean forces took control shortly after fighting first erupted.

44.  He added that Eritrean naval forces were also monitored moving about in the Red Sea.

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

46.  According to Yemeni officials, Eritrean forces landed Friday on Hanish al-Kabir, which is halfway between the two countries and claimed by both.

47.  Armed forces spokesman General Mohamed al Sanousi Ahmed said in Khartoum Wednesday that Eritrean forces and Sudanese rebels were shelling Karora and nearby Itairbah.

48.  But diplomats in Sanaa said Yemeni warplanes launched a new wave of attacks against Eritrean forces on the island.

49.  Eritrean forces captured Hanish al-Kabir island from Yemen on Monday after a three-day battle.

50.  Eritrean forces captured Hanish al-Kabir island on Monday after three days of fighting in which nine soldiers died.