Sudan Border Clashes Spread, as South Says North Bombs Village

Clashes between the armies of northern and Southern Sudan widened along their disputed border a month before the south’s independence.

Fighting entered its fifth day in Southern Kordofan state and spread across the north’s sole oil-producing area, United Nations spokesman Kouider Zerrouk said. Southern Sudan’s army said northern planes bombed a village in the south’s neighboring state of Unity, killing three civilians, including a child.