Last updated: 29 may, 2009 - 15:34 GMT

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Two hundred and forty four people have been killed in heavy battles between rival Arab tribes and security forces in Sudan's southern Kordofan state.

It's a semi-arid region lying on the border between north and south Sudan where conflict is common. The scale of the fighting and the numbers of those killed have shocked many.

Peter Martell reports from Sudan.

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