North - South Sudan Clashes Kill 58, Injure 85 -- New York Times/ReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Clashes between south Sudan's army and Darfuri Arab tribes killed 58 people, raising tensions along the north-south border as results of the first open elections in 24 years are released, officials said on Sunday.
Sudan's oil-producing south was allowed to keep a separate army and form a semi-autonomous government in a 2005 peace deal ending more than two decades of civil war with the north. Southerners will also vote in a key referendum on January 9, 2011 on independence.
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