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Here's a mess with no easy fix: American crops going unpicked -- it's backbreaking work Americans won't touch -- and poor migrants in need of work shying from it for fear of being abused.

2013-03-21T06:22:20ZAFP Global Editionby Leila Macortag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/28/Troop_reinforcements_Sudans_Blue_Nile_5cb4

Sudan is sending hundreds of troop reinforcements to the troubled Blue Nile region, state-linked media said on Thursday, after reports of clashes with rebels in a strategic border town.

2013-02-28T21:32:41ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/26/Heavy_fighting_Sudan_border_town_b0cf

Heavy fighting has occurred between government and rebel forces in a strategic Sudanese border town, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, giving the first independent confirmation of the key battle.

2013-02-26T13:51:46ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/24/Sudan_rebels_fighting_strategic_Blue_16b7

Sudanese rebels on Sunday said they were fighting inside a strategic border town in Blue Nile state for the first time since its seizure by the army more than a year ago.

2013-02-24T20:26:07ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/20/Rebels_claim_control_airstrip_near_4345

Rebels in Sudan's Blue Nile state on Wednesday said they seized an airstrip outside a key town near the Ethiopian border in some of the heaviest fighting in months.

2013-02-20T20:04:38ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/09/Khartoum-backed_militia_kill_civilians_rebels_e87e

Khartoum-backed militia in Sudan's South Kordofan state have killed 17 civilians, rebels said on Saturday, adding to tensions with South Sudan over a failure to implement security agreements.

2013-02-09T18:32:42ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/09/SSudan_Khartoum-backed_militia_kill_rebels_7e23

Khartoum-backed militia in Sudan's South Kordofan state have killed 17 civilians, rebels said on Saturday, adding to tensions with South Sudan over their failure to implement security agreements.

2013-02-09T10:40:56ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/12/14/More_troops_wartorn_South_Kordofan_f7ca

More troops and equipment will be sent to Sudan's wartorn South Kordofan state, its defence minister said, as rebels on Friday identified 21 government soldiers they claimed to have killed this week.

2012-12-14T15:45:40ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/11/13/killed_shelling_Sudan_state_capital_d117

Two people appeared to have been killed on Tuesday in a new attack on the state capital of Sudan's war-torn South Kordofan, a witness said.

2012-11-13T20:18:46ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/11/08/Sudan_rebels_shoot_down_force_b9d9

Rebels in Sudan's war-torn South Kordofan state claimed on Thursday to have shot down an air force Antonov bomber, which they said crashed in flames along the undemarcated border near South Sudan.

2012-11-08T14:58:23ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/11/08/Sudan_rebels_government_bomber_shot_2ffa

Rebels in Sudan's wartorn South Kordofan state claimed on Thursday to have shot down an Antonov bomber, which they said crashed in flames along the undemarcated border near South Sudan.

2012-11-08T13:09:33ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/11/02/Major_battle_South_Kordofan_Sudan_21e7

Sudanese rebels on Friday said they shelled the capital of South Kordofan again after a major battle that killed 70 government troops and seven insurgents.

2012-11-02T20:25:36ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/27/Rebels_shell_capital_Sudans_Kordofan_e42f

Residents have fled the capital of Sudan's South Kordofan state after renewed shelling, a witness said on Saturday, as rebels claimed responsibility for their third attack this month.

2012-10-27T11:03:41ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/16/Sudan_minister_says_killed_Sudan_2841

More than 600 people have been killed since rebels began an uprising in two Sudanese states last year, the interior minister said on Tuesday, but an analyst called the figure meaningless.

2012-10-16T16:07:34ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/15/Rebels_Sudans_Blue_Nile_tanks_01ab

Rebels in Sudan's Blue Nile state said on Monday they had destroyed a Sudanese tank and captured two others but the army dismissed the report as propaganda while acknowledging fighting in another border region.

2012-10-15T18:06:28ZAFP Global Editionby Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Alitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/11/Rebels_fight_Sudan_oil-producing_state_98f4

Rebels in Sudan's oil-producing state of South Kordofan on Thursday vowed to keep up their fight against the army regardless of a Khartoum-Juba deal aimed at cutting South Sudanese support for the insurgency.

2012-10-11T16:43:08ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/10/Child_hurt_Kordofan_capital_shelling_8374

A child was wounded from shelling around the capital of Sudan's South Kordofan state on Wednesday, a witness said, as rebel artillery fired fresh barrages in what they call a reaction to government bombing.

2012-10-10T14:39:11ZAFP Global Editionby Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Alitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/10/Fresh_shelling_Kordofan_capital_Sudan_b0ac

Sudanese rebels have shelled the capital of South Kordofan state for the second time this week, they said on Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear if there were casualties or damage.

2012-10-10T10:19:48ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/09/They_provoking_us_Sudan_rebels_6a8c

Rebels in Sudan's South Kordofan said on Tuesday they acted in self-defence by firing artillery against the state capital, a rare barrage which the governor reported killed six people.

2012-10-09T13:40:31ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/08/Five_dead_rare_Sudan_rebel_5630

Five people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Monday when rebels shelled the capital of Sudan's South Kordofan state, official radio said, in a rare strike on the government-held town.

2012-10-08T18:46:44ZAFP Global Editionby Abdelmoneim Abu Edris Ali