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Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:27 AM

The result of the vote in which 65,000 people had registered to take part in is expected on Oct. 31

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:27 PM

Nearly three years since the last U.S. troops withdrew, Sunni Islamist militants are waging campaign to destabilise the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after dictator Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003

Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:45 AM

Human rights crisis has degenerated, with armed forces who seized power torturing and killing civilians, forcing women into sexual slavery, conscripting and terrorising children, rights group says

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:42 AM

A man collects his mosquito net near a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of residents in the remote and disputed Abyei border region voted on Monday in a non-binding referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan despite fears it could trigger violence. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ABYEI - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:40 AM

A woman prepares tea at an outdoor coffee shop near a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of residents in the remote and disputed Abyei border region voted on Monday in a non-binding referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan despite fears it could trigger violence. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ABYEI - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:38 AM

A woman tastes tea in an outdoor coffee shop near a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of residents in the remote and disputed Abyei border region voted on Monday in a non-binding referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan despite fears it could trigger violence.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ABYEI - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS FOOD)

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:37 AM

A woman sits inside a mosquito tent near a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of residents in the remote and disputed Abyei border region voted on Monday in a non-binding referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan despite fears it could trigger violence.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ABYEI - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:34 AM

People are seen in an abandoned house near a polling station located in a school, during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of residents in the remote and disputed Abyei border region voted on Monday in a non-binding referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan despite fears it could trigger violence. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ABYEI - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:32 AM

A boy washes his face as a woman sits inside a mosquito tent near a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of residents in the remote and disputed Abyei border region voted on Monday in a non-binding referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan despite fears it could trigger violence. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ABYEI - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS)