Reuters: World News: Sudan arrests three foreigners in border region

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Sudan arrests three foreigners in border region Apr 28th 2012, 14:41 KHARTOUM | Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:41am EDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan said it had arrested a Briton, a Norwegian and a South African on Saturday for illegally entering an oil-producing border area with a soldier from South Sudan. The three were detained in part of the disputed Heglig border area, the scene of recent fighting between Sudan and South Sudan, said Mohammed Jadallah, spokesman for the Sudanese defense ministry. The three had been travelling in two cars that contained military equipment, he said, adding they had been flown to Khartoum. No further details were immediately available. A British embassy official declined to comment while the embassies of Norway and South Africa could not be immediately reached. South Sudan's army had occupied Heglig earlier this month but announced a withdrawal more than a week ago, bowing to pressure from the U.N. Security Council. More than three weeks of border fighting between Sudan and South Sudan has brought the African neighbors close to an all-out war, nine months after the South split from the north. (Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Sophie Hares)

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