Southern separatists, meanwhile, tend to see the strife in distant Sana 'a as a power struggle between northern warlords.

同时南部地区的分离主义分子乐于见到北部军阀在在遥远的萨发生冲突。

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It was revealed that Mr Badawi's predecessor, Mahathir Mohamad, had been brokering secret talks between Thai officials and southern separatists even before Mr Thaksin's downfall.

ECONOMIST: Thailand

Neighbouring Arab states, already alarmed that an earlier peace deal with southern, non-Arab separatists could lead to Sudan's partition, have quietly backed President Bashir.

ECONOMIST: Sudan

Officials say the fighting was between separatists and Islamists in the southern city of Aden.

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