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Up First briefing: Sudan's humanitarian crisis; Texas floating border; office jargon

The U.N. says 400,000 have fled from Sudan to Chad. A judge rules floating border barrier in Texas must be removed. Circling back to the most annoying office jargon.
Sudanese refugees settle temporarily in the town of Adré in Chad along the border of Sudan. Thousands have fled the fighting in Sudan seeking safety in Chad.

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in Central Africa. The U.N. reports from Sudan into Chad due to the renewed violence this year. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, traveled to the border ahead of the General Assembly in New York. She announced sanctions against two leaders of the paramilitary group,

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