KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudan on Monday approved military action over the embattled state of Blue Nile bordering South Sudan just days after the rivals agreed to withdraw their troops from another flashpoint border region. Parliament approved the military option in Blue Nile, where rebels have close historic links with newly independent South Sudan, the head of a committee dealing with emergency matters said. Parliament approves the military option to fight the rebellion against Blue Nile state, and orders the authorities concerned to proceed in applying this decision without taking negotiations into account.