| Offers from Khartoum of federal autonomy failed to persuade the increasingly active guerrillas to lay down their arms. |
| While in Khartoum, he reportedly wed but never consummated the marriage, which was annulled with 48 hours. |
| After meeting McCune, Machar told his supporters from the powerful Nuer tribe of southern Sudan that his aim was not to control Khartoum. |
| The khalifa, they said, had ordered every sail-boat to go south of Khartoum. |
| But few in Khartoum, including western diplomats and local human rights activists, are convinced that such a move would staunch the flow of either oil or blood. |
| Khartoum has argued that the clause paves the way for the south's immediate secession. |
