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    Sudan's Bashir in first South Sudan visit since split

    By Khalid Abdelaziz and Andrew Green JUBA (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Friday he wanted normal ties with his nation's old adversary South Sudan on his first visit there since southern secession in 2011. The neighbours agreed in March to resume cross-border oil...
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    Sudan's military takes control of oil-rich region

    CNN) -- Sudan's military has taken control of the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei, the country's foreign ministry said Sunday. A spokesman for the military wing of the movement that governs Southern Sudan confirmed that Sudan's military controlled the area. "Abyei has been under attack by...
  3. Scammer

    Southern Sudan violence toll doubles

    -- The number of dead in clashes in Southern Sudan has more than doubled, an official said. At least 211 people have been killed in recent attacks by breakaway militias loyal to George Athor, Southern Sudan's Humanitarian Minister James Kok said in a statement late Tuesday. Earlier reports put...
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    Sudan expels French medical aid group

    -- Sudan has ordered a French medical aid agency out of South Darfur state, accusing the organization of supporting rebel forces and for releasing what it called false rape reports against forces loyal to the Khartoum government, according to state-run media. Sudan News Agency (SUNA) announced...
  5. Scammer

    Scores killed in South Sudan clashes

    -- More than 100 people were killed and scores of others injured in clashes between the Southern Sudan government and forces loyal to a militia leader last week, a Southern Sudan official said. Forces loyal to George Athor "attacked the town of Fanjak," said Peter Aguer, spokesman for the Sudan...
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    Sudan vote results on split due Monday

    -- The final results of a Southern Sudan referendum will be announced Monday, organizers said, bringing the largest nation in Africa closer to breaking into two. An overwhelming majority of Southern Sudanese -- nearly 99% -- voted to split from the north, preliminary results show. Sudan's...
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    Winds of change: Is Syria next?

    -- What began as a popular uprising that toppled the Tunisian government before spreading into Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan and, of course, Egypt, may now be headed for Syria. Opposition movements in Syria are calling for mass protests on Saturday against the rule of President Bashar Al-Assad...
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    Sudan referendum results out soon

    -- The preliminary results of a referendum on an independent Southern Sudan will be announced in the next few days, with final results as early as February 7, the national commission that organized the vote said Tuesday, The South Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC), which was formed last year...
  9. Scammer

    Historic vote on whether to split Sudan ends

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/international/2011/01/14/mme.a.sudan.election.cnn -- Polling stations across Southern Sudan began counting Saturday ballots cast in a weeklong referendum whose result could split the country into two. Voting ended at 6 p.m. Saturday and officials -- monitored by...
  10. Scammer

    Sudan rejects Carter's debt comments

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/10/sudan.jimmy.carter.cnn -- Sudan's foreign affairs ministry is contradicting former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's statement about Southern Sudan's debt obligations. On Monday, Carter told CNN that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir "said the entire...
  11. Scammer

    Independence looms for Southern Sudan as polls open

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/08/wedeman.sudan.split.cnn -- In a dusty square flanked by two churches, Southern Sudanese lined up before dawn -- many in their Sunday best -- to vote in a historic referendum that they say is a vote for their freedom. Mary Dennis arrived at 4:30...
  12. Scammer

    S. Sudanese flock home for key vote

    Clooney to monitor Sudan election http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/06/ctw.clooney.sudan.cnn -- Southern Sudanese have been steadily trickling back home from their country's northern region ahead of next week's historic election, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. The U.N. High...
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    Sudan: The trek home to vote

    -- After a 55 year struggle, Africa's largest country, Sudan, is just days away from a referendum that may see the mainly Christian and traditional animist people in the south split from the majority Muslim north and become a new nation. With 3.4 million people registered to vote in the...
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    Transparency call over Sudan oil profits

    -- A report released Thursday calls for more transparency over Sudan oil revenues to avoid conflict as the nation prepares for a vote that could see it split into two. "With a referendum on independence for southern Sudan just days away, oil sector transparency is now more important than ever...
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    Concerns as key southern Sudan vote nears

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/01/03/exp.tsr.clooney.darfur.cnn - International observers will be watching out for "potential spoilers" as southern Sudan votes on whether to break away from the rest of the east African nation next week, a leading human rights activist said Monday...
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    Preparations under way for Sudan vote

    A plane carrying thousands of ballots has landed in Southern Sudan ahead of a pivotal referendum there next month. The plane carried nearly 45,000 pounds (20,400 kilograms) of ballots. People are scheduled to begin voting on January 9 on whether Southern Sudan should become independent or...
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    Sudan leader eyes tighter Islamic law

    Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is threatening to tighten the application of Islamic sharia law. Khartoum, Sudan -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has warned that he will tighten the application of Islamic law, or sharia, in northern Sudan if southern Sudan votes for independence next...
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    Voter registration begins for key Sudan decision

    Voter registration begins in Sudan on Monday for a January referendum that would allow the country's autonomous southern region -- which holds a majority of the nation's oil -- to secede from the north. A United Nations panel has arrived in the East African nation to monitor the 17-day...
  19. CASPER

    24 killed in South Sudan tribal violence

    KHARTOUM, Sudan – An attack on a southern Sudan village has left 24 people dead, including a tribal chief, his three wives and several children, while dozens were wounded, a newspaper reported Saturday. The incident was the latest in a rising wave of tribal violence in South Sudan that has...
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    Sudan allows 4 expelled aid groups back

    Sudan allows 4 expelled aid groups back -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. humanitarian chief says the Sudanese government is allowing four aid organizations expelled from the country in March to return under slightly...
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