Sudan Objects To UN Plans For New Border Troops -- BBC NewsThe Sudanese government has said the UN cannot move new troops to its tense North-South border without its consent.
It comes after the UN's peacekeeping chief said troops would be sent to "hotspots" at the request of the semi-autonomous South's president.
There is growing tension in the country in the run-up to a referendum on Southern independence due to be held in January, correspondents say.
The referendum was part of a 2005 peace deal that ended the civil war.
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