President Threatens to Bar Relief Planes
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From Times Wire Reports
Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir has threatened to bar foreign relief planes from delivering humanitarian aid to the country’s war-torn south, saying the relief effort involving U.N. and volunteer agencies is helping rebels battling government troops. A spokeswoman for the U.N. World Food Program said that the group had not been officially notified of the announcement and that flights were operating as normal.
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