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Southern Sudanese residents celebrate the coming days of the historic referendum on January 7, 2011 in Juba, Sudan
Monday, Jan. 24, 2011

Open quoteShould the people of south Sudan in the future want a new name, they will have that chance.Close quote

  • BENJAMIN MARIAL,
  • minister of information for the southern government of Sudan, saying the region, which recently held a referendum on seceding from the north, will be named the Republic of South Sudan upon independence
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