[Gulf Times] A Sudanese court sentenced two men to death for killing four kidnapped Chinese oil workers and a Sudanese soldier during a botched rescue attempt by security services, their lawyer said. Armed Arab tribesmen took nine Chinese oil workers hostage in South Kordofan in 2008 demanding a share of crude revenues from the region and jobs for their people. Defence lawyer Abu Bakr said four of the hostages and the soldier were killed and three wounded in crossfire during the rescue raid by Sudanese troops, but that the Khartoum court found two of the tribesman guilty of murder in the deaths. They had denied having any part in the abduction.