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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 6856068" data-attributes="member: 92282">Hundreds of civilians are feared to have died in a surge of fighting  between the Sudanese army and rebels in the turbulent Darfur region, a  U.N. source told Reuters on Monday.  A spokesman for Sudan's army denied any fighting was taking  place in Darfur's mountainous Jabel Marra region and accused insurgents  of harassing and attacking locals.  Reports of clashes throughout last week have marred Khartoum's  announcement of a new peace push in the region and come just over a  month ahead of national elections.  "We think that we have a mounting number of casualties ... The  lower estimate is around 140. The higher estimate is closer to 400,"  said a U.N. source. He said the figures referred to civilian deaths.  The army spokesman told Reuters: "There are no clashes between  the Sudanese army and the forces of Abdel Wahed's movement." Abdel Wahed Mohamed al-Nur is the leader of a branch of the  rebel Sudan Liberation Army (SLA).  Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir declared the war in  Darfur over last Wednesday, announcing the release of 57 rebel captives  after reaching an initial settlement with the Justice and Equality  Movement, Darfur's most powerful rebel force. Bashir's government signed an agreement in Doha on Tuesday  committing Sudan to reaching a final peace deal with the JEM by March  15.  But the SLA and other rebels have rejected the deal, demanding  that security be restored on the ground before talks begin.<a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HEA136192.htm" target="_blank">reuters</a></blockquote>

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