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Petroleum Products' Pipeline Subjected To Aggression Incident North Of Erkuwit Area Khartoum Nov. 28 (SUNA) - The old petroleum products pipeline, which is being used for pumping gasoline from Port Sudan to the petroleum deposits in Khartoum, was subjected Saturday evening to an aggression incident, at a place seven kilometres north of Erkuwit area in the Red Sea State, said the Minister of Energy and Mining, Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz. The minister explained in a statement to SUNA that the damage caused by the aggression on the pipeline was a limited one involving only two meters of the pipeline. He pointed out that the situation is now under full control, explaining that the process of pumping petroleum products through the pipeline was stopped and the operations for the maintenance of the pipeline started and are expected to be completed on Sunday evening or Monday morning, prior to resuming the pumping ordinarily, and without affecting the situation of the petroleum supplies. _______________________________________________ Sudan pipeline attacked - BBC, November 28 Sudanese television has reported an attack on an oil pipeline that takes petrol from Port Sudan for storage in the capital, Khartoum. The energy minister Jawad Ahmad al-Jaz said pumping in the pipeline had been stopped, but repairs should allow it to resume on Monday. News of the attack came as President Omar al-Bashir urged the opposition leader, Mohammed Osman al-Mirghani, to meet him for talks, following the agreement already reached with another leading opposition figure, Sadiq al-Mahdi of the Ummah party. Earlier the opposition umbrella group, the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan, or NDA, criticised the agreement, saying it would create further divisions and escalate the long-running conflict in Sudan. The NDA said it was not consulted about the agreement, which calls for a referendum on self-determination for the south of Sudan and a federal system of government. From the newsroom of the BBC World Service ______________________________________________ Sudan opposition criticises peace accord - BBC, November 28news.bbc.co.uk