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Asmara reports Ethiopian soldiers fleeing into Sudan

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    Eritrean radio reported on Wednesday that 400 Ethiopian soldiers fleeing from the fighting around Tesseney in western Eritrea had crossed the border into Sudan. There was no independent confirmation of the report. The radio did not say where they had crossed the border or give any details of their present whereabouts. Several hundred Eritrean soldiers were reported to have fled over the border soon after the fighting in the
    region started on 12 May. These were disarmed by the Sudanese authorities and taken to a separate camp from the thousands of civilian refugees. Meanwhile, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent reported on Wednesday that refugees from the latest fighting were continuing to flow across the border. It said some 2,000 more crossed over on Wednesday.
    A total of 69,000 had registered with the UNHCR since 12
    May.

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