Sudanese Forces Bomb Town In Darfur

Sudanese Forces Bomb Town In Darfur
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese government planes bombed a key town in south Darfur Saturday, a week after it was seized by Darfuri JEM rebels, peacekeepers and insurgents said.

Bombs landed close to a base run by the joint U.N./African Union peacekeeping force, UNAMID, in the town of Muhajiriya and destroyed houses, a U.N. official said.

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