* Khartoum parliament urges quick recapture of oilfield
* Border clashes raise spectre of relapse into war
* South Sudan says province hit by air strikes(Adds Sudan denying bombing in Unity state)
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing
KHARTOUM/JUBA, April 16 (Reuters) - Sudan's parliament
branded South Sudan an "enemy" on Monday and called for a swift
recapture of a disputed oil-producing region, as rising border
tensions pushed the old civil war foes closer to another
full-blown conflict.
South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan last July, seized the
contested Heglig oilfield last Tuesday, prompting its northern
neighbour to vow to recapture the area by "all means".
The oilfield is vital to Sudan's economy, producing about
half of the 115,000 barrel-per-day output that remained in its
control after South Sudan's secession.
Addressing the Khartoum parliament, speaker Ahmed Ibrahim
al-Tahir accused the South's ruling party - the Sudan People's
Liberation Movement (SPLM) - of posing a security threat to the
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