WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday welcomed the vote in Sudan on an independence referendum for the south and warned all sides against inflammatory rhetoric or violence aimed at discouraging people from going to the polls.
"This is an historic step in the years-long process to fully implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the civil war between north and south," Obama said in a statement. (Writing by Caren Bohan; Editing by Eric Beech)
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