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| Sudan may form confederation with itself |
| 2010-07-11 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Northern and southern Sudanese leaders said on Saturday they would consider forming a confederation or a common market if southerners chose to declare independence in an upcoming referendum. Citizens of the country's oil-producing south are six months away from a vote on whether to stay part of Sudan or split away as an independent state -- a plebiscite promised in a 2005 accord that ended decades of north-south civil war. Leaders from the dominant northern and southern parties on Saturday started formal negotiations on how they would divide oil revenues and other issues after the referendum. They told reporters they were considering four options suggested by an African Union panel led by former South African president Thabo Mbeki. In one option "we considered the possibility of the creation of two independent countries which negotiate a framework of cooperation, which extends to the establishment of shared governance institutions in a confederal arrangement," said Mbeki, who spoke at the launch of negotiations in Khartoum. Another option was for two separate countries with shared "soft borders that permit freedom of movement for both people and goods," said Mbeki. The other two options, he added, were for total separation - - with citizens needing visas to cross the border -- and for continued north-south unity, if southerners chose that option in the referendum. "These (the four options) will be part of the issues to be discussed by both parties," Sayed el-Khatib, a senior member of north Sudan's National Congress Party, (NCP) told reporters. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 KENYAN FM > complained that many Iraqi, Afghanistan, + Pakistan Militants are relocating to SOMALIA to regroup + conduct Regional, International Terror operations, including agz KENYA proper. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-11 22:11 |
| #2 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > UGANDA BOMBINGS KILL 30 WATCHING WORLD CUP [FIFA = Soccer]. Local POlice CHeif fears AL QAEDA-LINKED SOMALI MILITANT GROUP AL-SHAHAB/SHABAAB is responsible for attack. * SAME > [Egyptian Sheikh Fateh-al-Misri]AL QAEDA'S NEW EYES PAKISTAN | NEW AL QAEDA COMMANDER MISRI WILL BE WAITING TO STRIKE BOTH AFGHANISTAN + PAKISTAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-11 22:04 |
| #1 Proper link - http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/07/10/113543.html |
| Posted by: newc 2010-07-11 10:12 |