JUBA, Sudan-Northern Sudan’s seizure of a contested border region is an act of war, a spokesman for the Southern Sudanese army said Sunday, raising fears that fighting over the town could re-ignite the civil war between north and south. Northern forces with tanks occupied the disputed town of Abyei on Saturday night, scattering southern troops that were there as part of a joint security unit, said Southern officials and a U.N. spokeswoman. Both north and south claim the fertile region, which lies near several important oil fields. Hollywood actor…
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