Sudan and southern rebels promise peace as Christmas gift
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[Ecumenical News International] After 21 years in a war that has taken as many as 2 million lives and forced the displacement of about 5 million people, the Sudanese government and the leader
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Sudanese government and southern rebel officials 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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Sudan has pledged an open mind going into peace talks with rebels from the war-ravaged western Darfur region and is apparently seeking to use accords it signed with southern fighters as a model to settle the conflict.
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Sudanese government officials and southern rebels signed a permanent cease-fire agreement Friday and endorsed a detailed plan to end a 21-year civil war blamed for 2 million deaths.
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Sudan&#39;s government and southern rebels are expected to agree to the final chapters of a peace deal today, paving the way for a comprehensive agreement
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The Sudanese government and the main southern rebel group have agreed on the last issues, including a permanent ceasefire, that were standing in the way of a final peace agreement, mediators said on Thursday.
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The Sudanese government and southern rebel leaders pledged again Friday to end a 21-year civil war -- this time making the commitment before the UN Security Council holding a special meeting in Africa.
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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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A peace deal between Sudan's government and southern rebels could end conflicts in Darfur and Uganda.
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Amid thanksgiving hymns and the dancing  of bare-chested warriors, Sudan's government and southern  rebels forged a comprehensive peace on Sunday ending Africa's  longest-running civil war.
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The Sudanese government and its rebel foes have reached an agreement at the peace talks aimed to end the conflict in the Darfur region.
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One rebel group in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region Thursday pledged to fully respect a truce with the Sudanese government amid contradictory statements and international concern about an escalation in fighting.
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CAIRO, Dec 31  -- A peace deal due to be signed between southern Sudanese rebels and the Khartoum government is only a partial solution to the war-torn country&#39;s problems, a rebel leader from the western Darfur province said Friday.
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The Sudanese government and rebels in the southern part of the country signed the final chapters of a peace deal Friday, clearing the way for a comprehensive accord ending Africa's longest-running civil war.
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The Sudanese government and its  southern rebel opponents have agreed to sign a pledge in the  Kenyan capital on Friday to formally end a brutal 21-year-old  civil war, with U.N. Security Council ambassadors as witnesses.
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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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Sudan&#39;s government and southern rebels will agree a permanent cease-fire on Friday at peace talks aimed at ending Africa&#39;s longest-running civil war, said Kenya&#39;s government, which is hosting the negotiations.