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06/03/2008EUFOR - Sudan finds body of lost EU peacekeper

Sudan confirmed it found the body of a French EU peacekeeper missing after deadly clashes with Sudanese troops just inside the border from Chad.

   KHARTOUM, March 6, 2008 - Sudan confirmed Wednesday it had found the
body of a French EU peacekeeper missing after deadly clashes with Sudanese
troops just inside the border from Chad and were flying the corpse to Khartoum.
   "We can confirm the missing soldier has been found dead close to the common
border between Chad and Sudan," foreign ministry spokesman Ali al-Sadiq said.
   "His body should arrive in Khartoum this evening and we will cooperate to
the maximum (with arrangements for its repatriation)," the spokesman added,
referring all other queries to the French embassy.
   The French commando vanished in war-torn Darfur on Monday when at least one
vehicle from the European Union's peacekeeping mission in Chad crossed into
Sudan.
   An exchange of fire followed in which a Sudanese soldier and a civilian
were killed and a French soldier wounded, but details on the clash remain
sketchy.
   The EU mission announced that the Sudanese authorities had informed the
local EU representative in Khartoum that remains discovered near the Chadian
border are believed to be that of a French member of the peacekeeping force.
   "The arrangements for the formal identification and recovery of the remains
are currently being organised," said EUFOR from its headquarters near Paris.
   A European diplomat in Khartoum confirmed a body had been found and would
be repatriated, but could not say whether it was the Frenchman or not, pending
the next-of-kin being informed.
   "Of course I confirm that we have received information (about the body) and
that we are working in liaison with the Sudanese authorities to organise the
body's repatriation," the diplomat said, asking not to be named.
   Sudan ordered its armed forces to search for the missing soldier after

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