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Southern Sudan Votes, Could Spawn New Nation

Referendum to end decades of sectarian violence

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 9, 2011 6:06 AM CST

(Newser) – Millions flock to the polls in southern Sudan today for a historic election that could give birth to a new nation, reports the Washington Post. The nation's 22-year-old civil war ended in 2005 with some 2 million casualties, but the violence continued, made worse by...   Read full story »

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