Sudanese Celebrate Peace Treaty Signing
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After years of war and death, residents of this predominantly Christian southern city danced in the streets Sunday after rebel and government leaders signed a treaty to end Sudan's 21-year civil war.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir said he was ready to sign a peace deal with southern rebels and that he did not want to govern the country alone.
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Neighbors Sudan and Chad pledged to redouble efforts to end border violence being fueled by Darfur's conflict, concluding their third agreement in 12 months to end hostilities and respect each other's sovereignty.
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Nigeria's president congratulated Sudan on the eve of ceremonies to sign a southern peace deal, calling the pact a landmark for Africa, but he said the conflict in the western region of Darfur remains a "thorn" in the continent's side.
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NAIROBI, Kenya  - As bare-chested warriors danced  and turbaned heads bowed in prayer, Sudan's Islamist government  and southern rebels forged a comprehensive peace Sunday ending  Africa's longest-running civil war.
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NAIROBI  - Presidents Omar el-Beshir of Sudan and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa are due to arrive in the Kenyan town of Naivasha to witness the signing of the last accords paving the way for the conclusion of a final peace agreement in southern Sudan.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya  - The Sudanese government and southern rebels signed landmark deals Friday on how to implement a series of agreements on ending a 21-year civil war in southern Sudan.
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Singing, dancing Sudanese exiles  gathered to witness the signing on Sunday of a deal ending  Africa's longest-running civil war, saying they were determined  to go home and rebuild their lives.
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Sudanese government and rebel negotiators have resolved differences that delayed the signing of a permanent cease-fire deal and
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Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir said Monday that his government and the country&#39;s main southern rebel group will sign a peace agreement by the end of the year to end more than 20 years of civil war.
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Rebel officials and the Sudanese government committed themselves Friday to ending the 21-year civil war in southern Sudan before January, signing an agreement at a special meeting of the U.N. Security Council in Africa.
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Sudan took two tentative steps toward peace on Tuesday, agreeing to ban military flights over the Darfur region and signing two deals with the rebels.
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Nairobi - A final Sudanese peace agreement will be signed in the Kenyan capital on January 9, mediators and the main southern rebel group said on Thursday.
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Rallies are held across Sudan to mark the historic peace deal between southern rebels and the government.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan  al-Bashir assured a cheering crowd on Wednesday he would bring  complete peace to the entire country, including the troubled  western region of Darfur.
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Sudan looks to prosperity and stability after the historic peace deal signed in Kenya with the southern rebels.
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The Khartoum government and rebels pledged to sign a final accord ending a two-decade war in southern Sudan by the end of the year, as the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution pushing for peace in the war-ravaged country.