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  Sudanese Omar Al-Bashir Launches Sudan Dialogue Boycotted by Opposition

  President Omar al-Bashir launched talks in Khartoum today on Sudan's ailing economy and the insurgencies in its border regions, despite a boycott by mainstream opposition and rebel groups.

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  Sudan's Omar al-Bashir Says Darfur, Kordofan Conflicts to End in 2016

  President Omar al-Bashir said Friday that conflicts roiling Sudan's Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions would end in 2016, the day after he offered rebels a two-month ceasefire to join a national dialogue.

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  North Korea Goes on War Footing Against South Korea as Deadline Looms

  President Omar al-Bashir said Friday that conflicts roiling Sudan's Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions would end in 2016, the day after he offered rebels a two-month ceasefire to join a national dialogue.

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  President Omar al-Bashir Vows 'New Page' for Sudan

  Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir vowed Tuesday at his swearing in for another five-year term to open a "new page", saying he would bring peace and mend relations with the West.

• Sudan Rebel Offensive to Disrupt Elections

  Sudanese insurgents said Friday they had launched an offensive in war-torn South Kordofan to try to disrupt nationwide elections due next month, which the army said it repelled.

• Sudan Troops Beat Back Rebel Attacks in Kordofan, Kill 50: Army

  Sudanese troops repelled rebel attacks on two villages in the war-torn South Kordofan region, killing 50 insurgents and losing four of their own men, the army said on Tuesday.

• Abducted Chinese Worker Freed in Sudan: Minister

  Sudan's security forces have freed a Chinese worker abducted last week in the conflict-hit West Kordofan region, the oil minister said on Friday.

• Sudan Military Denies Helicopter Downed in Kordofan

  Sudan's military on Thursday denied one of its helicopter gunships had been shot down in South Kordofan, after rebels released photographs claiming to show the crippled machine.

• Sudan Rebels Say Photos Shows Downed Chopper

  Rebels in Sudan's South Kordofan, where fighting intensified in recent weeks, on Wednesday released photographs of a downed helicopter gunship which they said they shot down.

• Sudan Army Says 110 Rebels Killed in South Kordofan

  The Sudanese army said it killed 110 rebels as it repelled an assault in South Kordofan state today, although the insurgents denied the death toll.

• European Union Concerned Over Sudan Hospital Air Raid

  Concern mounted on Sunday over accusations that Sudan's air force dropped bombs near a church-run hospital in war-torn South Kordofan.

• United States, Canada 'Appalled' at Sudan Aerial Bombing Near Hospital

  The United States and Canada said Thursday they were "appalled" by aerial bombing which Sudan reportedly carried out near a hospital in war-torn South Kordofan.

• Sudan minister killed in plane crash: official media

  A Sudanese cabinet minister was killed on Sunday when an airplane went down in war-torn South Kordofan state, official media said.