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      <title>UNHCR urges support for Sudan refugees</title>
      <description>Antonio Guterres calls situation in South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Jonglei states a "massive humanitarian emergency".</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:12:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>South Sudan gains UN membership</title>
      <description>General Assembly vote makes country 193rd member of the United Nations at event called "historic" by vice-president.</description>
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      <title>Public health in disarray in South Sudan</title>
      <description>Doctors in Juba complain of a shortage of nurses and primary-care facilities.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:40:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN to send peacekeepers to South Sudan</title>
      <description>Announcement comes hours before South Sudan becomes independent nation, splitting Africa's largest country.</description>
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      <title>Sudan's ruling party in the south splits</title>
      <description>Southern branch of governing National  Congress Party in Khartoum announces it will join SPLM, south's dominant party.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In Pictures: South Sudan is born</title>
      <description>Tens of thousands celebrate their nation's first ever Independence Day in Juba.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:55:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>South Sudan journalists facing intimidation</title>
      <description>Security forces impose their own rules on local reporters in the absence of any media laws.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:45:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Background: Decades of north-south conflict</title>
      <description>Southern Sudan's secession on July 9 is the latest chapter in a half-century struggle between the north and south.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Background: Sudan's oil industry</title>
      <description>Oil accounts for most of the Sudanese government's revenues, and most of the country's reserves are in the south.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:08:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>South Sudan: A new era of uncertainty</title>
      <description>What are the chances and challenges lying ahead for Africa's newest nation?</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:34:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan split was 'over-simplified' by media</title>
      <description>Division of Africa's largest country may be result of a "Sudanese identity crisis" sparked by Khartoum-led power grab.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:45:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Celebrations in S Sudan but challenges ahead</title>
      <description>Flurry of pre-independence activity in the capital of South Sudan, as workers clean up and dignitaries arrive.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:08:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Juba: East Africa's economic boom town</title>
      <description>Violence and insecurity hamper business in Southern Sudan, but thousands of foreigners have flocked here seeking riches.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:20:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan: Mission impossible or mission failure?</title>
      <description>A draft resolution crafted by the US was approved by the UN requesting that 4,200 Ethiopian troops be deployed to Abyei.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:02:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dream on hold</title>
      <description>As South Sudan becomes the world's newest nation, we follow Angelo on a journey of hope, expectation and disillusion.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:42:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Women hope S Sudan will improve healthcare</title>
      <description>With the creation a new state, many women hope independence will lead to improvements in  maternal health.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:57:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan: Fight for the soul of the North</title>
      <description>As Sudan is split into two, the government in the North faces growing resentment over the loss of national pride.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:54:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Logistical woes beset S Sudan</title>
      <description>Infrastructural challenges to test world's newest nation's mettle as countdown to independence begins.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan: The pains of saying 'adieu'</title>
      <description>South Sudan's independence is a historic and long awaited event for the citizens of this new nation in Africa. But the split from the north is not as joyful for some of those southerners as it might seem to be.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:43:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>S Sudan border region on edge</title>
      <description>Despite intensified patrolling, the potential for violence erupting again in Upper Nile state remains high.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:46:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Expats divided on South Sudan's independence</title>
      <description>The estimated 35,000 Sudanese expatriates in Qatar can only watch from afar as their nation splits in two on Saturday.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:39:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bashir says army to continue campaign</title>
      <description>Sudanese president says army operation in border state of South Kordofan to continue until it is "cleaned" of rebels.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:26:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>China bolsters economic ties with Sudan</title>
      <description>Red-carpet welcome for Sudanese president in Beijing as countries consolidate close relationship with oil agreement.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US proposes UN force for Sudan's Abyei</title>
      <description>US introduces UN resolution that would deploy a 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force to disputed Abyei region.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:58:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan's Bashir in Beijing for China talks</title>
      <description>Oil, Darfur, and forthcoming north-south divide on the agenda on president's visit to one of Khartoum's key supporters.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:09:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan's Nuba people 'targeted by army'</title>
      <description>Escalating violence in South Kordofan state is driving villagers to hide in the bush.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:23:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan threatens to block oil flow from South</title>
      <description>President Bashir's ultimatum aimed at forcing soon-to-be-independent South to reach oil revenue sharing deal with North.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:45:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan: Fight for the heart of the South</title>
      <description>South Sudan faces the challenge of creating an inclusive administration among tribes with a history of bitter enmity.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:27:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>World's newest nation facing challenges</title>
      <description>As many refugees return to South Sudan ahead of its official statehood, scarce resources are stretched thin.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:34:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>South Sudan gets ready for independence</title>
      <description>Increasing instability and tensions with the north could dampen the celebratory mood.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:31:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>North and South Sudan sign pact over Abyei</title>
      <description>Pact provides for demilitarisation of disputed Abyei region, says Thabo Mbeki. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Clashes reported in Sudan's Abyei region</title>
      <description>Aid workers evacuate town after shelling between northern and southern Sudanese troops in disputed region.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:25:30 GMT</pubDate>
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