UN Weighs More Troops For Southern Sudan As Referendum On Secession Nears -- BloombergThe United Nations may send more peacekeeping troops to Southern Sudan to deter violence in advance of the scheduled Jan. 9 referendum on possible secession from Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
The UN is considering “options for possible augmentation of additional United Nations troops, to increase referendum and post-referendum security as well as our capacity to verify and monitor violations” of the 2005 cease-fire agreement between north and south Sudan, Ban told the Security Council today.
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In Expectant Mood, Sudanese Register to Vote on Secession for the South -- New York Times
Thousands of Sudanese register to vote in secession referendum -- L.A. Times
S. Sudan begins registration for Jan. freedom vote -- AP
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Sudan pledges to hold and respect referendum vote -- BBC
Sudan's Looming Civil War: Obama's Peace Overture -- Time Magazine
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