South Sudan's Kiir defies calls for troop pull out Agence France Presse (AFP) Juba, 12/4/2012 – South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Thursday rejected international calls to pull out troops from the contested Heglig area, but said he did not want war with Khartoum. Mr. Kiir, in a speech to parliament, also threatened to send troops into the disputed Abyei oil region -- held by Khartoum and patrolled by UN peacekeepers -- if Sudan did not withdraw its forces from the area.
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