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Police, troops surround Sudan refugee camp

SOBA ARADI, Sudan, May 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of armed police and soldiers surrounded a Sudanese refugee camp south of Khartoum on Tuesday, where at least 17 police and residents died in clashes last week.

The armed forces sealed off the area, about 30 km (19 miles) south of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, said a spokesman for the people of Soba Aradi.

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