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Sudanese rebels claim progress in fight; army denies it
March 27, 1997
Web posted at: 5:00 p.m. EST (2200 GMT)SUDAN (CNN) -- Sudanese rebels claimed Thursday to have captured three more towns on the country's eastern border with Eritrea, but Sudan's army denied the loss.
A Sudanese army spokesman says his troops could "move to any spot they want," and that the army has stopped the rebel advance.
The rebels insist that they are on the offensive and aim to cut Sudan's capital, Khartoum, off from its main commercial port, Port Sudan.
Sudan has repeatedly accused Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda of backing the rebels, a charge all three countries deny.
Rebels of the National Democratic Alliance have been fighting Sudan's government since 1983.
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