Rebels: At Least 6 Die in South Sudan Fighting

At least six civilians have died in fighting in South Sudan in the past two days, rebels said, and both rebels and the government accused one another of planning a return to full-blown conflict after a lull in the rainy season. Civil war has killed more than 10,000 people in the world's newest state, reopened deep fault lines among ethnic groups, caused more than one million to flee and driven the country of 11 million closer to famine. Diplomats and analysts have warned there...

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