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Sudan's civil war
This weekend the people of Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum on independence.
We take you back to the last time the South tried to break free of the rest of Sudan.
We hear from two Sudanese women about the war which began in 1983 following the push for autonomy.
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Thu 6 Jan 201111:50GMT
BBC World Service Online
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