"This is unprecedented in Sudan, to have kidnapping and killing of foreign workers by rebel groups," says ted Dagne, a senior researcher on Sudan for the Congressional research Service in Washington.

“叛军绑架并杀害外国工人，这在苏丹是史无前例的事件”，华盛顿国会研究服务部苏丹问题高级研究员Ted Dagne表示。

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Dagne says highly de-centralized and mobile al-Shabaab forces threaten the Transitional Federal Government, and noted that African Union forces are constrained because they are not authorized to take offensive action.

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Ted Dagne,African Affairs Specialist with the Congressional Research Service, predicted that violence is likely to increase in coming months as the Islamist group al-Shabaab, backed by foreign fighters, attempts to oust the transitional government.

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Tipton's Matt Smith and Belgrave's Birhan Dagne retained their titles in the Flora London Half Marathon at Silverstone.

BBC: SPORT | Athletics | Mason beats Morris on Merseyside

The women's race saw Dagne defy the chilly wind to win in 1:16:23.

BBC: SPORT | Athletics | Mason beats Morris on Merseyside