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| Rally to support southern Sudan independence to be held in...Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 2011-01-05 |
| Benedict Killang hopes this weekend's secession referendum in southern Sudan brings some peace to a country that has been plagued by civil war, religious strife and genocide. "They will definitely break apart, and that is good," said Killang, 41, of Castle Shannon, a southern Sudan native who came to the United States nine years ago. Killang plans to attend a noon rally tomorrow at the City-County Building, Downtown, in anticipation of the referendum. Most people expect the oil-rich, mainly Christian south to vote for independence from Sudan's mainly Muslim north. The two sides fought a bloody civil war that stretched over two decades. Sunday's vote is the culmination of a peace deal that ended the conflict in 2005. Conflict in the predominantly Muslim region of Darfur now receives less attention than it did five years ago, but the coalition hopes the rally will remind the U.S. government to step up diplomacy in that region. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #3 I don't know about the liberal churches, but liberal synagogues here in Cincinnati have been fussing about mistreatment of south Sudan for years. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-05 19:46 |
| #2 Interesting, since this will be a Christian/animist celebration, I wonder will it be supported by other Christian churches? I doubt the liberal churches would support it, because they probably back the northern genocidal Muslim tyranny, which would be true to form. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-05 08:36 |
| #1 Time is now. Referendum is in 5 days. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-01-05 01:06 |