Sudan: Deal reached on disputed oil region

Sudan's former north-south foes have agreed on an administration for the disputed oil-producing Abyei region, where clashes this year had threatened to derail a 2005 peace deal, officials said on Friday. Clashes in Abyei in May killed scores and drove 50,000 from their homes. Abyei is home to oil wells that have fuelled an economic boom in Sudan, Africa's biggest country.