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June 25, 2008

Sudan: Cracks In North-South Peace Deal

by Skye Wheeler, Inter Press Service, Italy - Nyandeng Akot rushed out of the rude shelter of thatch and plastic sheeting pinned against the side of a tree with sticks. Grabbing a passing aid worker's arm, she said she has nothing except the four children that she grabbed when she began running from renewed fighting in Sudan's Abyei area a month ago.

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