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    Ethiopia “sincerely regrets” any civilian deaths in the ongoing conflict, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported yesterday (Thursday) in reaction to the deaths of displaced people at Lailai Deder in Eritrea on Tuesday. However, ENA claimed that Eritrea had placed the civilians dangerously close to the front line. A statement today from the Eritrean news agency ERINA commented bitterly: “They are accusing us of placing our civilians under their bombs.”

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