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Sudan’s leader reaches out ahead of a referendum on independence for the South

by Jeffrey Gettleman

YEI, Sudan — President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who for so long brutally prosecuted the civil war in southern Sudan, arrived here in the region on Tuesday, offering a conciliatory message five days ahead of a historic referendum for southern independence.

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