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12/26/2004:

"Sudanese, rebels to end 20-year civil war"

Sudanese, rebels to end 20-year civil war in January, official says

The Sudanese government and the country's main southern rebel group will sign a peace agreement Jan. 10 in Kenya to end more than 20 years of civil war, a senior government official said yesterday.

The government and the Su-dan People's Liberation Army had pledged to complete an agreement to end the longest-running war in Africa by Friday, making a commitment last month before the U.N. Security Council, which held a rare meeting in Nairobi to spur the peace talks.

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