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Sudan Leaders Agree Deal Over Referendum For South- By:Generalissimo of all Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads) 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary- The leaders of Sudan, that is North and South, have reached an agreement on terms for a referendum on independence. This was one of the main four key issues at heart between the Northern Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir. Officials said they had agreed on the proportion of votes and turnout needed for the referendum to be binding. One other issue remains unresolved. (BBC) Though the peace process between the North and the South are looking shaky. Both leaders fought each other in a civil war that lasted two-decade. Now they are together but uneasy by a peace agreement that was signed in 2005 which now is looking off-balanced. Two years from now in April of 2011 there will be elections and possibly where the south will vote on the referendum on independence. Representatives of Mr Kiir's party, the former Southern rebels of the SPLM, and the ruling National Congress Party held a joint news conference to announce the new deal hammered out in Khartoum. (BBC) With the agreement from both parties, it could mean an end to the crisis between the North and the South. MPs who had been boycotting parliament for the past 45 days would start attending sessions within 24 hours. All details for this referendum have not been released yet. The two leaders will need to tell the news to their parties. An official from the SPLM says that there needs to be a 50% plus one vote for independence. He also says that the lookout is about 55-60%. The two leaders also achieved agreement on a referendum for one small region, Abyei, and popular consultations for two others. (BBC) The other sticking point is on a law for national security. A commitee is going to be set up to decide the issue, going up to the run-up in the April elections next year. The apparent agreement on so many of the obstacles to the peace process comes a week after Southern leaders were arrested as they tried to organise a banned demonstration, our correspondent adds. That event, and a worsening climate between the two sides, suggested to many the situation was getting desperate - so this agreement, if it is respected, is a major breakthrough, he concludes. Sources- BBC News- [] Ghana News- [] Similar- The articles first part were exactly the same. Both also have pictures on their respective pages. Difference- The BBC article was longer than of the Ghana news which gave just a summary to the point. Ghana News was short sentencing the whole article and BBC gave a good description on the whole situation. Opinion- Ah yes, finally there is an agreement. There would have been more fighting and protest in the streets if there wasn't one. I think personally that this good for the southern Sudanese people so they can stay together as one country not two, so that we have do redraw our newer maps with a border in between North and South which may lead to a civil war and more casualties.