South Sudan Says There Was No Hint That Dead American Was a Journalist

Juba, South Sudan (AP) -- The American journalist shot dead in South Sudan over the weekend had entered the country illegally with rebels, the army said Tuesday.

There was no indication that Christopher Allen, 26, was a journalist, said army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang, who warned that journalists will not be protected if they come with rebels into this East African country's civil war.