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Sudan Christians Flee Bloodshed; Attacks ContinueWednesday, May 25, 2011 (3:34 pm)By BosNewsLife Africa ServiceKHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Sudan were among thousands of refugees Wednesday, May 25, amid several attacks against them and fears of a new civil war between the Arab-dominated north and the Christian-animist south, which voted overwhelmingly to secede in a January referendum.Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes over the last few weeks as the south, still reeling from the previous civil war with only 50 miles (80 kilometers) of tarred road, moves towards formal statehood on July 9.Thousand of civilians have been displaced following the occupation of Abyei Town by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) last weekend, aid workers said, amid reports that 20,000 desperate people fled across the river Kiir, and were sheltering under trees from rain.Many civilians, including Christians, are thought to have died in indiscriminate bombing of the Abyei area since Friday, May 20, when the northern army attacked with long range artillery shells and Antonov aircraft, hitting several civilian areas, rights investigators said.