Southern Sudan Chooses: Unity or Secession? -- Voice of AmericaSunday's referendum in southern Sudan gives voters a choice between staying united with the rest of Sudan or becoming an independent country.
The poll was agreed to in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended Sudan's 21-year north-south civil war.
Voters entering polling booths will see two symbols. One shows two hands clasped together, symbolizing unity. The other shows the single palm of a hand, symbolizing separation.
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U.S. to help south Sudan if it chooses independence -- Reuters
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