Sudanese army 'mutiny' leaves 50 people killed ...

" A mutiny by Sudanese troops refusing to leave the south ahead of its expected independence has spread through towns in an oil-producing state, with at least 50 people killed in the past four days, officials said. The southern and northern armies are carrying out a difficult process of splitting up and dividing their weapons, with Southern Sudan expected to emerge as Africa's newest state on July 9 following a referendum last month. Battles with tanks and machineguns broke out in the politically sensitive southern town of Makalal on Thursday when southern members of a northern army unit refused to redeploy to the north and turned on other members of their unit. ..."