We know that these people are connected to the government and Khartoum.
QUIST-ARCTON: Now, whilst we're having this war of words between Washington and Khartoum, meanwhile there are peace talks - Darfur peace talks happening in Libya.
Then too, aside from declaring that the peace agreement between the southern Sudanese and the Khartoum government must not be permitted to unravel, she offered no helpful advice on how to prevent that from occurring.
Mr al-Mahdi and Mr Mirghani might abandon their southern allies, return to Khartoum and go along with the Egyptian plan.
Last year, the CIA sent a plane to Khartoum and brought Salah Abdullah Gosh to Washington.
But last year he fled to Khartoum and started a rebellion against South Sudan's government in Pibor.
The unanimously backed resolution calls on Khartoum and Juba to resume negotiations on disputed issues within two weeks.
She reports that many of the returnees are children who were born in Khartoum and have never seen the south.
Liberia play Sudan this weekend in an international friendly in Khartoum and Hey has named a full compliment of the country's overseas based stars.
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Born and raised in Khartoum, the 18-year old is a living testament to how his Nuba traditions have transcended the mountains, competing from boyhood even within the capital.
If the West doesn't understand its policy, then it is unlikely to understand the significance of a challenge to that policy by Khartoum and its allies.
So if you are ever in Khartoum and you want to go to see the pyramids, but you have not had time to sort out all the paperwork, my advice is just go.
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An African Union panel will travel to both Khartoum and Juba -- the South Sudan capital -- to meet with al-Bashir and South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit before the two leaders attend a summit.
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If all goes well, the United States is also expected to remove Sudan from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, appoint an ambassador to Khartoum and dole out several million dollars to help rebuild the ruined country.
President Bashir wants them back in the capital, Khartoum, and both seem keen to return.
The Khartoum government and the SPLA have recently called a ceasefire and are discussing a possible settlement.
The South Sudan delegation was ready to sign, but Khartoum declined and said President Omar al-Bashir would have to review the agreement.
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CNN's Ben Brumfield in Atlanta and journalists Jared Ferrie in Juba, South Sudan, and Ishmail Kushkush in Khartoum, Sudan, contributed to this report.
Usually allies of the government in Khartoum, and sometimes its proxy fighters, they say they have been betrayed for a few dry oil wells.
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Most of Sudan's oil lies in the southern half of the country, and the government in Khartoum will hardly relish the prospect of losing it.
As long as the Khartoum government and rebel groups believe they can rely on substantial external support, incentives for peace will remain insufficient for progress to occur.
This week's referendum takes place in accordance with the US-brokered Comprehensive Peace Treaty between the Khartoum government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement signed on January 9, 2005.
Iran last week condemned what it also says was an Israeli airstrike on Khartoum, and it called the strike a clear violation of international laws, according to the news agency.
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The peace talks between the Khartoum government and Darfur's main rebel groups broke up last week after the rebels accused the government of breaching a ceasefire agreed earlier this year.
Now, before he left the country he held a news conference in Khartoum, and he accused the Sudanese government, and, in fact, the Darfur rebels, of what he called cynically obstructing international efforts to end the four-year conflict.
The presidents were to sign agreements on citizenship and border demarcation, but Khartoum canceled the trip after fighting broke out along the border.
There is "an enormous amount of very emotional, very powerful rhetoric coming from here in Khartoum raising the stakes in many ways and that's worrisome in and of itself, " he said on a conference call from Khartoum on Thursday.
Since the mainly African Muslim rebels took up arms in 2003, in protest against what they felt to be years of discrimination and neglect at the hands of the Arab Muslims in Khartoum, as many as 300, 000 civilians have been killed and a further 2m or more forced to flee their homes.
The militants' attacks caught Khartoum by surprise, and it had very few troops in the region.
Sudan's president invited Mr Kiir to Khartoum for further talks and he also addressed worshippers at a mosque in Juba.
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